Coping With Pain from Narcissistic Behavior <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nHopefully, obtaining a grasp on the reasons behind narcissist behavior will leave you feeling more validated. Perhaps you blame yourself for all the narcissist did to hurt you, convinced that if you were somehow better or more loving, the hurtful behavior never would have occurred. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remind yourself that you are not to blame. The narcissist is a person with deep wounds, and their entire ego depends upon manipulating, exploiting, and dominating others. Narcissists do this to protect themselves, and no one they interact with is immune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now that you recognize that much of the narcissist\u2019s hurtful behavior is an attempt to defend themselves against feelings of insecurity, you can begin to heal. Stop taking the blame for their behavior, and acknowledge that you have a right to reclaim your sense of self-worth and autonomy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Being in a relationship with a narcissist can be emotionally exhausting. At times, you might even find yourself bewildered by the trials and tribulations you experience during your interactions with them. If you\u2019re dealing with a narcissist, you are probably left feeling confused, betrayed, and deeply wounded by their behaviors. It\u2019s natural to want to … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenarcissisticlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20609"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenarcissisticlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenarcissisticlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenarcissisticlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenarcissisticlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20609"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thenarcissisticlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20644,"href":"https:\/\/thenarcissisticlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20609\/revisions\/20644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenarcissisticlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenarcissisticlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenarcissisticlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenarcissisticlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}