And of course, as full-blown empaths, we want to be nice, polite, kind, loving, and compassionate people. And from a place of untreated codependency, we’ll often be those things to our own detriment, forgetting that we are our number one responsibility and priority.
So, how about we pour some love and care onto ourselves first? How about we spend some time loving and respecting ourselves first? What if we were to do that first? And while we’re doing that, how about we remember who and what it is that we’re dealing with when we’re talking about lying, deceiving, highly manipulative individuals who land on the
spectrum of destructive narcissism? These are people who exploit, hurt, and harm for fun. They hurt people on purpose. They harm others for sport and pleasure. These are people who are so pathologically entitled, grandiose, and lacking in empathy that they will gaslight, manipulate, and psychologically and emotionally abuse you, as well as lie to you in the same way that you and I brush our teeth—it’s just how they roll. They don’t give it a second thought, which is why they always have that smirk on their face when you catch them.
They’re not sorry, they never will be, and they don’t care what you think. They care only that you continue to play the game of pain. Their only goal is to win at any cost and to exploit your pain to get their sick needs met. They lack the emotional and moral development required to experience true empathy, to hold themselves accountable, or to have a conscience. And none of this is your fault.
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