How a Narcissist Trains You to Comply

“Relationships with narcissists are held in place by the hope of a ‘someday better,’ with little evidence to support it will ever arrive.”– Dr. Ramani Durvasula

Colleen Murphy
5 min readJun 23, 2021

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Something is wrong, but you aren’t sure what it is.

Maybe you ask yourself why do I always feel like I am not enough? When I put my heart and soul into this relationship, why do I end up frustrated and defending myself and feeling guilty?

You could be in a relationship with a narcissist.

We use the term very loosely these days. But it really means you are with a person who manipulates people and events to their benefit, and someone who uses people to get only their desired outcome. You don’t feel good because you don’t have a partner who is in it with you. You are doing all the work. And failing miserably.

But why? Because their mood is tied directly to what you give them. And once you give them what they want, they are elated. When you don’t, watch out. They use their emotions and demeanor as a weapon against you. You are on a rollercoaster and you can’t get off.

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Colleen Murphy

Writing about the beautiful journey of life and love. We are all figuring this out together