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I Finally Stopped Attracting Narcissists
“You’ll get to an age where you stop caring what others think.”
I’d heard that promise so often, from so many ‘normal’ people. They meant well, but they didn’t truly know how it was to grow up needing the approval of others.
Being a people pleaser was pretty much my whole identity. If you grew up in an abusive home like I did, then you know the drill. Our entire self-worth comes from what we can do to appease others.
Our value is our servitude. Any sense of pride we have in ourselves is based on how helpful or kind we are to others. Our own desires come last every time.
This mindset fits perfectly in a narcissist-supply dynamic. We are the lock to their key, and the ‘safe’ person they have been looking for. We are somebody that won’t challenge their behaviour, and will be totally bamboozled by their love-bombing.
Most importantly, we are that somebody who falls into place and cooperates when the gas lighting starts.
We accept that misuse of our appeasing nature as our fate. Confusion and mistreatment is what we are used to.
