Unreciprocated Love: The One-Sided Relationship
Number Four: The entire relationship revolves around unreciprocated love. It’s always one-sided.
You give, give, and give, while they take, take, and take. They don’t support you, they don’t show up emotionally, and they never take responsibility for their actions. You play the role of therapist, mediator, fixer—while they do nothing to nurture the relationship.
Unreciprocated love is one of the biggest emotional drains. You suppress your needs, filter your words, and act in ways to keep them from getting upset. You swallow your emotions to coexist with someone who only accepts you if you play the role they assigned to you.
How unnatural is that?
Forced to Wear a Mask: Losing Your True Self
Number Five: They force you to become someone you are not.
In a narcissistic relationship, you wear a mask—but not like the narcissist, who wears one to deceive others. You wear one to survive.
You must hide your emotions, pretend to be happy, and act strong. You must suppress your true self to fit into the mold they created for you. This is self-betrayal, albeit an unintentional one.
Spiritually, when you live inauthentically, you expend immense energy keeping up the facade. And as I mentioned earlier, the universe always balances things out. If you sacrifice your authenticity, something else must be compensated. In this case, it’s your truthfulness.
The further you stray from yourself, the more resentment you harbor, and the more drained you become.
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