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Soul Abuse is the destruction of a victim's awareness of the strength within their soul. It stems from the abuser's intention to corrupt another's understanding of their own significance. ~ Lorraine Nilon
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Lorraine Nilon
An emotionally abusive relationship, in very simplistic terms, is much like standing up in a too hot bath and sinking back in so as not to feel so dizzy. ~ Jackie Haze, Borderless
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Jackie Haze, Borderless
It is not worthiness the Narcissist feels when he or she communicates "I deserve." Narcissistic entitlement has nothing to do with genuine self-esteem, which comes from real accomplishment and being true to one's own ideals. Individuals who feel entitled to respect without giving it in return, or who expect rewards without effort, or a life free of discomfort, are forfeiting any power they might have to shape their own destiny. They assume an essentially passive role and count on outside forces to make them happy. When what they expect doesn't happen, they feel impotent. By claiming entitlement, they demand to live in the fantasy world of the one-year-old child. No wonder they're enraged.

Entitlement and the rage that comes with it are tip-offs to the arrest in healthy development that is narcissism. ~ Sandy Hotchkiss
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Sandy Hotchkiss
The secret to healing is when you learn that had the power all along. The brainwashing fades and the fears retreat as you rebuild and create the happiest you. Be strong and fight for the future of drinking lemonade in peace. ~ Tracy A. Malone
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Tracy A. Malone
Love is intermittent reinforcement with spouses and children alike. The child is love-bombed when the narcissist feels the child reflects their false self. The moment the child fails to do so, the narcissistic parent blithely discards them. ~ M. Wakefield
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by M. Wakefield
Narcissistic masks are dangerous because they have no flaws. The role was defined by your own imagination and carefully orchestrated to trap you. ~ Tracy A. Malone
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Tracy A. Malone
When confronted by a narcissist's lies - do not engage simply say 'that is one way to look at it' and walk away. ~ Tracy Malone
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Tracy Malone
Narcissistic fathers leave their daughters with deep doubts about whether a man can love them, since the first important man in their life was so in love with himself that he had no love left for them. If you are a daughter of a narcissistic father you may have withdrawn from men and bound yourself to mother, either overtly or emotionally. Or you may be engaged in a self-destructive attempt to be his kind of girl, whatever that is, as you try desperately to extract his love. Perhaps you have transferred this into a masochistic position with other men, finding a narcissistic man incredibly attractive as you try to master the mystery of winning his love. And narcissistic men appeal to you because you wish you could be that way yourself - assertive, not giving a damn, self-important - but you lack the confidence to do it yourself so you identify with the man who has their quality, even if it's at your expense. (I have often seen this revealed in those instances where a woman has suffered through a degradingly submissive and abusing relationship with a man, or a series of men, and then, gaining the strength to break that kind of bondage, violently overturns the tables and abuses that man, or the next man in her life, as degradingly as she was misused. It's not just revenge, but the release of hidden desire to be powerful and to be able to control father and make him beg for her love.) ~ Howard M. Halpern
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Howard M. Halpern
Emotional abuse is designed to undermine another's sense of self.
It is deliberate humiliation, with the intent to seize control of how others feel about themselves. ~ Lorraine Nilon
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Lorraine Nilon
When I was with my mother, I sometimes thought of myself of a trophy - something to be flaunted before friends. When out of public view, I sat on the shelf ignored and forgotten. ~ Joan Frances Casey
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Joan Frances Casey
In the narcissist's world being accepted or cared for (not to mention loved) is a foreign language. It is meaningless or even repellent. One might recite the most delicate haiku in Japanese and it would still remain utterly meaningless to a non-speaker of Japanese. This does not diminish the value of the haiku or of the Japanese language, needless to say. But it means nothing to the non-speaker.

Narcissists damage and hurt but they do so offhandedly and naturally, as an afterthought…

They are aware of what they are doing to others - but they do not care. ~ Sam Vaknin
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Sam Vaknin
There is life after narcissistic abuse, Hold On. ~ Tracy Malone
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Tracy Malone
Most of us are third-degree burn victims. Breathe gently in the opposite direction. ~ J.S. Wolfe
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by J.S.  Wolfe
I'm not crazy, I was abused.
I'm not shy, I'm protecting myself.
I'm not bitter, I'm speaking the truth.
I'm not hanging onto the past, I've been damaged. I'm not delusional, I lived a nightmare.
I'm not weak, I was trusting.
I'm not giving up, I'm healing.
I'm not incapable of love, I'm giving.
I'm not alone. I see you all here.
I'm fighting this. ~ Rene Smith
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Rene Smith
Narcissistic cathexis of the child by the mother does not exclude emotional devotion. On the contrary, she loves the child as her self-object, excessively, though not in the manner that he needs, and always on the condition that he presents his "false self." This is no obstacle to the development of intellectual abilities, but it is one to the unfolding of an authentic emotional life. ~ Alice Miller
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Alice Miller
There was little hope of overpowering the history my father and sister were creating for me. Their account would claim my brothers first, then it would spread to my aunts, uncles, cousins, the whole valley. I had lost an entire kinship, and for what? ~ Tara Westover
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Tara Westover
I was in denial of the glaring reality that my existence depended on my willingness to comply with the family policy of me earning the splinter of space they granted to me. ~ M. Wakefield
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by M. Wakefield
Narcissists are very retaliative if they believe another has achieved what they desire,
exposed their insecurities, or refused to be under their control. ~ Lorraine Nilon
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Lorraine Nilon
But both the narcissist and his partner do not really consider each other. Trapped in the moves of an all-consuming dance macabre, they follow the motions morbidly - semiconscious, desensitized, exhausted, and concerned only with survival. ~ Sam Vaknin
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Sam Vaknin
Narcissistic Supply

You get discarded as supply for one of two reason: They find you too outspoken about their abuse. They prefer someone that will keep stroking their ego and remain their silent doormat. Or, they found new narcissistic supply. Either way, you can count on the fact that they planned your devaluation phase and smear campaign in advance, so they could get one more ego stroke with your reaction. Narcissists are angry, spiteful takers that don't have empathy, remorse or conscience. They are incapable of unconditional love. Love to them is giving only when it serves them. They gaslight their victims by minimizing the trauma they have caused by blaming others or stating you are too sensitive. They never feel responsible or will admit to what they did to you. They have disordered thinking that is concerned with their needs and ego. It is not uncommon for them to hack their targets, in order to gain information about them. They enjoy mind games and control. This is their dopamine high. The sooner you distance yourself the healthier you will become. Narcissism can't be cured or prayed away. It is a mental disorder that turns the victims of its abuse into mental patients because it causes so much psychological manipulation. ~ Shannon L. Alder
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Shannon L. Alder
those who get upset for being treated the way that they treat others, will never understand why others treat them the way that they treat others. ~ David H. Martinez
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by David H. Martinez
A narcissist, on the other hand, is the exact opposite of an empath. Emotionally, narcissists are like brick walls who see and hear others but fail to understand or relate to them. As a result of their emotional shallowness, narcissists are essentially devoid of all empathy or compassion for other people. Lacking empathy, a narcissist is a very destructive and dangerous person to be around. ~ Mateo Sol
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Mateo Sol
Narcissistic abuse is a form of psycho-emotional abuse that takes place when a pathological narcissist targets another individual and exposes them to trauma. It can also manifest as physical, financial, spiritual and sexual abuse. ~ M. Wakefield
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by M. Wakefield
Never Underestimate the Divine Strength of a Mother who appears Broken.....
This phrase, in the most reciprocal form, is powerful. A broken woman is perceived as weak, battered, useless, and incapable, among many other low states of Human life, effortlessly causing her to think it might be best to lie down and die. The thought represents a desperation to escape a pain more powerful than she. There is, but one superseding power, greater than the pain itself. You take this woman, who loves her kids to the highest degree of unselfishness and give her a hint they're suffering. A Divine Strength that can't be seen, perhaps not even felt will ignite a fire within her from miles away. No one in its path will see it coming, not even her. This strength indicates that she will go beyond any limits to protect her offspring even if it means rising to her death. There's no mountain too high, no fire too crucible, nor a fear she won't face, to ensure they are safe, both mentally and physically. The best part is, no matter how broken down she appears, or how robbed she may be, no one can take from her, what they don't know she possesses. Following the exhaustion of all other choices, this strength is activated, only when it's most necessary. It may never be discovered in a lifetime by many, but you can bet it's there when you need it most. It's in every one of us, festering, waiting for what may be the last moments of life or death. ~ L. Yingling
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by L. Yingling
But that's the thing about narcissists. They can try to fool you, with all their heart, but in the end, they're just fooling themselves. ~ Ellie Fox
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Ellie Fox
Children of narcissists learn that love is abuse. The narcissist teaches them that if someone displeases you, it is okay to harm them and call it love. ~ M. Wakefield
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by M. Wakefield
If you ask me do I trust I say yes, just not like before ~ Alice Little
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Alice  Little
Empaths have to be careful not to internalize others' feelings, as this can cause them to feel anxious, sad, or even depressed. It can leave the empath feeling drained or exhausted. They must learn to set boundaries so as not to let toxic people drain them dry. ~ Donna G. Bourgeois
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Donna G. Bourgeois
Emotional abuse can leave a victim feeling like a shell of a person, separated from the true essence of who they naturally are. It also leads to a victim feeling tormented and tortured by their own emotions. ~ Lorraine Nilon
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Lorraine Nilon
When you recover from Narcissistic abuse, look for courage in your heart. You can rebuild as long as you never surrender. ~ Tracy A Malone
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Tracy A Malone
The narc has been living in denial of their humanity and normal vulnerable feelings for so long there is an entire life time of unexpressed, repressed emotions rotting in the depths of their psyche. This is why they cannot stand to be alone. In that stillness they start to notice the stink coming up from the basement. ~ Richard Grannon
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Richard Grannon
Your mother doesn't need a diagnosis for you to determine that your relationship is unhealthy. ~ ✨Diane Metcalf
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by ✨Diane Metcalf
Abuse may consist of physical maltreatment or language that is belittling, discriminatory ... ~ Asa Don Brown
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Asa Don Brown
Each person recovers at their own pace. Healing does not occur with a formula ~ Patricia Dsouza
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Patricia Dsouza
If I could I would!" is the maxim of tyrants. ~ Lamine Pearlheart
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Lamine Pearlheart
The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it. ~ Thomas Babington Macaulay
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Thomas Babington Macaulay
As far as drug abuse and all that - listen, this is Hollywood. I don't know how I was able to avoid it, but I'm lucky that I did. ~ Reagan Gomez-Preston
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Reagan Gomez-Preston
...(S)uffering is universal. But victimhood is optional. There is a difference between victimization and victimhood. We are all likely to victimized in some way in the course of our lives. At some point we will suffer some kind of affliction or calamity or abuse, caused by circumstances or people or institutions over which we have little or no control. This is life. And this is victimization. It comes from outside. It's the neighborhood bully, the boss who rages, the spouse who hits, the lover who cheats, the discriminatory law, the accident that lands you in the hospital.

In contrast, victimhood comes from the inside. No one can make you a victim but you. We become victims not because of what happens to us but when we choose to hold on to our victimization. We develop a victim's mind -- a way of thinking and being that is rigid, blaming, pessimistic, stuck in the past, unforgiving, punitive, and without healthy limits or boundaries. We become our own jailors when we choose the confines of the victim's mind. ~ Edith Eger
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Edith Eger
Remembering things or processing memories can be a charged, or frightening, or uncomfortable time. It can help to imagine yourself being a reporter. This can take pressure off of needing to remember 'all the details' or not wanting to 'be wrong about something', if you simply just write down whatever comes to you down on paper without editing it, censoring it, or passing judgment - for the time being - on either its content, or on whether it is l00% accurate in every way. Simply write it down and come back to it later, when things may make more sense, or as additional information comes to you... ~ A.T.W.
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by A.T.W.
There is nothing everyone is so afraid of as being told how vastly much he is capable of. You are capable of - do you want to know? - you are capable of living in poverty; you are capable of standing almost any kind of maltreatment, abuse, etc. But you do not wish to know about it, isn't that so? You would be furious with him who told you so, and only call that person your friend who bolsters you in saying: 'No, this I cannot bear, this is beyond my strength, etc. ~ Soren Kierkegaard
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Soren Kierkegaard
I realize I'm very fortunate to hopefully make a lot of money playing football. I don't know if I want to abuse that privilege and make myself a larger figure than I am. ~ Andrew Luck
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Andrew Luck
The teaching of celibacy was created neither by the Church Fathers nor by the later Church leaders, as most people believe. ~ Danail Hristov
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Danail Hristov
Domestic Violence – I Deserve Respect!
As a male advocate for ending domestic abuse, Patrick believes domestic violence is not just a woman's issue, it's everyone's issue. In his moving personal memoir, I AM ME, and in his powerful presentations, Patrick describes the painful domestic verbal abuse he endured from ex-wives and the physical abuse he suffered from his first LGBT partner. To book Patrick visit his website. ~ Patrick Dati
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Patrick Dati
Psychological despotism, whether enlightened or not, is gross misuse of psychology. The main purpose of psychology is to acquire insight into, and mastery of, oneself. Not for nothing were what we now call the behavioral sciences originally called the moral sciences and "Know thyself" their main precept. To use psychology to control, dominate, and manipulate others is self-destructive abuse of knowledge. It is also a particularly repugnant form of tyranny. ~ Peter F. Drucker
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Peter F. Drucker
People have a right to have their lives witnessed; if we coexist with the systems that abuse people, then we have a duty to understand. ~ Beeban Kidron
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Beeban Kidron
Worldview is often confused with perception; rather, it is our perception that influences our worldview. ~ Asa Don Brown
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Asa Don Brown
A great man is one who can have power and not abuse it. ~ Henry Latham Doherty
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Henry Latham Doherty
I'll say that I don't think you can throw a stone and not come in contact with someone who knows someone or has problems with substance abuse. ~ Octavia Spencer
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Octavia Spencer
Someone who really wants to discover themselves has to be particularly careful about the use and abuse of power. But even your average human being just passing through another life has to be careful. ~ Frederick Lenz
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Frederick Lenz
And it's a preference, a long-held preference, what you might call a 'habit of mind' - putting words into other people's mouths. And those people are played by people whose profession is to pretend to be other people. For which purpose, they adopt gestures, voices, intonations, even sexual attitudes not their own. On stage, they affect to be ravished and amused by someone whom they will, afterwards, run a mile to avoid having dinner with. Likewise, they spit torrents of abuse against an actor who later, later, in the softness of the night, they will share their bed with. ~ David Hare
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by David Hare
Nothing pleases a woman quite so well as to look so sweet that a man wants to kiss her, and then abuse him for his impudence. ~ E.W. Howe
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by E.W. Howe
I am free because I fought for freedom, I am a Survivor. ~ Patricia Dsouza
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Patricia Dsouza
As human beings, we are custom made to be happy. Why then would we want to change the order of things by not being happy? ~ Stephen Richards
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Stephen Richards
He had been drawn to psychiatry, in spite of his recognition that those who became psychiatrists did so as a result of their own messed-up childhoods, always looking, looking, looking for the answer in the writings of Freud, Horney, Reich, of why they were the anal, narcissistic, self-absorbed freaks that they were, and yet at the same time denying it, of course - what bullshit he had witnessed among his colleagues, his professors! ~ Elizabeth Strout
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Elizabeth Strout
-He drives recklessly or speeds up when he's angry.
-He punches walls or kicks doors.
-He throws things around, even if they don't hit you. ~ Lundy Bancroft
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Lundy Bancroft
Even though he had admitted to her that he used to watch me shower through a hole in the bathroom wall back when I was thirteen. She blamed us both for what we had "done" to her. But it sounds like she got over being mad at him pretty quick. She later told me that she had to go back and have sex with him one more time, just to make sure that there was nothing left between the two of them and to get some closure. That almost made me want to vomit. The only interaction between us after that was her showing up at the courthouse when I had to sit in front of a grand jury of twelve strangers and tell them what had happened. She came into the waiting room where I was sitting and started screaming that I was a whore and that I'd fucked her husband. She had to be escorted out of the court by two officers. That's what I got from her. ~ Ashly Lorenzana
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Ashly Lorenzana
Frankly I'm not great with heroin addicts. I tried heroin, but it was by accident. I'm not great with that level of substance abuse. ~ Michael Stipe
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Michael Stipe
There is comfort in knowing that you don't have to pretend anymore, that you are going to do everything within your power to heal. ~ Ellen Bass
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Ellen Bass
I am deeply Catholic and always will be, but I'm no longer a member of the church. I left in 2003 because of the sex abuse scandal. ~ Julianna Baggott
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Julianna Baggott
When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor; he betrays the interest of his country. ~ Noah Webster
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Noah Webster
I love to laugh, it's my main thing. I love to abuse the English language. ~ Dan Fogelberg
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Dan Fogelberg
Dissmell is the affect that monitors our drive for hunger. It was primarily developed as a survival mechanism. As we've become more complex, its use has extended interpersonally. Prejudice and rage against strangers (the ones who are not like us) have terrible consequences. Dissmell is a major sexuality factor. Disgust follows the same pattern as dissmell. Originally a hunger drive auxiliary, it has been extended to interpersonal relations. Divorces are often dominated by disgust. Victims of abuse carry various degrees of anger and disgust. Rapists who kill operate on disgust, anger and sex fused together. ~ John Bradshaw
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by John Bradshaw
In the culture people talk about trauma as an event that happened a long time ago. But what trauma is, is the imprints that event has left on your mind and in your sensations... the discomfort you feel and the agitation you feel and the rage and the helplessness you feel right now. ~ Bessel A. Van Der Kolk
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Bessel A. Van Der Kolk
Most men and women born in the fifties or earlier were socialized to believe that marriages and/or committed romantic bonds of any kind should take precedence over all other relationships. Had I been evaluating my relationships from a standpoint that emphasized growth rather than duty and obligation, I would have understood that abuse irreparably undermines bonds. All too often women believe it is a sign of commitment, an expression of love, to endure unkindness or cruelty, to forgive and forget. In actuality, when we love rightly we know that the healthy, loving response to cruelty and abuse is putting ourselves out of harm's way ... Women who would no more tolerate a friendship in which they were emotionally and physically abused stay in romantic relationships where these violations occur regularly. Had they brought to these bonds the same standards they bring to friendship they would not accept victimization. ~ Bell Hooks
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Bell Hooks
Changed behavior is the only apology, otherwise, it's just manipulation. ~ Maranda Pleasant
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Maranda Pleasant
An important documentary that sheds light on one of the most terrifying realities in the U.S. today - the commercial sexual exploitation of young girls. TRICKED is a comprehensive portrait of all the players in this human rights abuse: survivors, traffickers, johns and cops. Everyone should see this film. ~ Rachel Lloyd
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Rachel Lloyd
Still on speaking terms with the Toilet Paper People, they consented to a box full of Legos that overnight manifested itself into a recording studio. I quickly remembered the power of my hands, my imagination, my will, and my conscience. These were tools I would never let myself get bored with. I would find myself in Blue Ocean Strategy and in other defining ways. ~ Cherry Tigris
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Cherry Tigris
The right of self defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals, and whether the attack be made by Spain herself or by those who abuse her power, its obligation is not the less strong. ~ James Monroe
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by James Monroe
If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relative to do the business. ~ William Makepeace Thackeray
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by William Makepeace Thackeray
Also, look for "floating alters." These are not deliberately created parts of the system, but alters that were accidentally split off at the same time as others. ~ Alison Miller
Narcissistic Abuse quotes by Alison Miller
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