This Is How You Break Up With A Narcissist — For Good
By Shahida Arabi
As an author who writes about emotional abuse, I am often asked by readers how to break up with a narcissist — safely and with no return. Breaking up with a person who is not narcissistic is hard enough, but when you’re dealing with a manipulator, the road to freedom is rocky to say the least.
I am not going to lie to you. It won’t be easy. There will be lots of trial and error. Experts note that on average, a person usually leaves an abusive relationship seven times before they finally leave for good. So if you’re finding that it’s been difficult to leave and stay away from the toxic relationship, you’re not alone.
Our addiction to the narcissist is a deep, intense and emotionally charged one. As a result, you’ll probably endure many setbacks on your journey when fully detaching from a toxic person. You’ll miss them and the person they pretended to be, you’ll second-guess yourself, and you’ll be tempted to romanticize the relationship for fear of losing out.
You’ll have to grieve numerous times in many different ways and go through some severe temporary pain to get to the other side of freedom — but it’s well worth it, considering you’d lose out on many years wasting time on a person who mistreats you otherwise.
