I've reached a final phase of the journey; I finally mastered the mess, the pain, trigger things from the night I found proof, the whole grief-is-not-linear feel to it all. I always knew I didn't lose my true love, but now I SEE what I gained, and it's opening a whole new bag. #narcsurvivor #artist

It is OK to be sad. You severed a part of your heart, you were forced to discard what you'd hoped was your fairytale. There is no crime in loving someone, even if they were shitty. Feel every feeling, sit with the excruciating pain, and let it go. Every. Single. Time. #narcsurvivor #NPD #healing

Ever notice how much a liar sleeps? Take note, seriously. It's exhausting to live a life of make believe. I never understood it until I left. Marauding as a regular person takes everything they have. It also applies to my nervous system during my narc tenure; nothing worked right. #narcsurvivor #NPD

Too much charm, bombarding you with notifications, wanting to be the only thing you think about. They are not in love with you. They are hell bent on casting you under their spell only to destroy you. Be weary; butterflies are your body's way of alerting you to danger. Run. #narcsurvivor #NPD #toxic

Put this in the red flag pile. "I finally found someone worth changing for," "you make me want to be a better person," anything in this vein is them feeding your ego. This is often during the initial love bombing phase. Cut and run. ##narcsurvivor #NPD

Know this: you can say to them, and I did, verbatim, "Don't fuck with me," and they'll look you in the eye and profess the deepest of devotions. You have given them a gleeful challenge. Fucking with you is the least of your worries-expect intense psychotherapy when you walk away. #NPD #narcsurvivor

And incredible strength. I even told them, after I'd left, that I'd rather have brain surgery again without anesthesia than disentangle myself from their sticky web. And it doesn't matter what people say about how you do it, just fucking run. Go love yourself. #NPD #narcsurvivor

Consider this a red flag; it's also a way by which they lull you into thinking you have so much in common that "we even act alike." Beware of mirroring; I fell for it. 🚩 #NPD #narcsurvivor