Some common relationship behaviors of a narcissist

• They are highly controlling of your behavior. 

• You doubt your own memory and perceptions of events.

• You feel as though you walk on eggshells when trying to predict their mood, which may alternate between silent treatments, loving admiration, and rage. 

• You feel isolated from friends and family and feel they can no longer be trusted.

• You experience verbal abuse and bullying that is often unpredictable. 

• You have been physically abused, or possibly sexually abused, in the relationship and/or threatened with physical violence.

• Attempts to leave or disconnect from the person is often met with promises of change and adoring behaviors. This behavior, however, is short-lived and followed by a return to abusive behavior. 

• You experience random silent treatments with no apparent cause or explanation. The narcissist may even disappear for days or weeks at a time without warning.

• They lack empathy.

• They refuse to take accountability for their harmful behaviors and actions.

  If most of these behaviors are present in your relationship then you may be experiencing narcissistic abuse. 

*Keep in mind that a person displaying a few of these behaviors at times, does not automatically give them a diagnosis of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). They also do not need to meet criteria for you to benefit from this program.