Jul 17, 2011 4:37 PM GMT
...Then read this. What an amazing article... had I read it before, I'd have saved myself a ton of time and heartbreak. Very well-written article.
I've realized over the last few months that I've always been strongly attracted to these seemingly very 'strong' people, who in the end just tend to be narcissists. (Which speaks to how my own self-esteem wasn't very good if I felt the need to date guys like that.) This article really makes a good point framing how they are initially so attractive, and how it's not worth your time hanging on to your memories of the way the relationship (with a narcissist) was in the beginning after it's gone sour.
I guarantee you this article will be very freeing to you if you've dated someone with lots of narcissistic tendencies.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201106/how-spot-narcissist
I've realized over the last few months that I've always been strongly attracted to these seemingly very 'strong' people, who in the end just tend to be narcissists. (Which speaks to how my own self-esteem wasn't very good if I felt the need to date guys like that.) This article really makes a good point framing how they are initially so attractive, and how it's not worth your time hanging on to your memories of the way the relationship (with a narcissist) was in the beginning after it's gone sour.
I guarantee you this article will be very freeing to you if you've dated someone with lots of narcissistic tendencies.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201106/how-spot-narcissist