Narcissistic Abuse ~ When You Quash Your Own Inner Voice

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

I think the saddest thing for most people in narcissistically abusive relationships is that they don’t see it for what it is, until the chain is around them…until the “I do” is given…until the limitations of the relationship causalities entrap the narcissistic supply.

It’s clearly a dance between two people. And if one continues in its flow, by design it will diminish, degrade and destroy one, all while being insanely showered by love bombs.

The key to awakening is paying attention to the inner wisdom as it shouts out to you from within. Unfortunately, many people smother these signals so as not to rock the boat. And in so doing, they awaken to drowning in utter chaos and in their own demise.

For example, take a look at Davis and his partner Liz.

“This is wrong” “This is not good for me” were the voices whispering from within, Liz notes. And many times the words expressing this leaked out in a moment of insight, not in a fight. It became such a routine thing for this couple that Davis began to hear those words as a sword piercing through him.

In an emotionally climatic moment for him, he declares, “If I hear you say that again, I’m going to leave.” And like a stun gun, she is stopped in her…