What is SUCCESS with a Narcissistic Partner?

Shulagna Sharma
3 min readSep 12, 2022

Your Success & Narcissist Partner

Relationships are tough!

No matter who says what.

And, when you add a little narcissism to the relationship, it becomes unbearable.

Dealing with regular couple issues like jealousy, the need for attention, lack of communication, ignorance, etc. is itself so hard! When all these issues are to be dealt with a narcissistic partner, the other person loses himself or herself.

Success Becomes Remorse with Narcissistic Partner

When you have a narcissistic partner, your whole life becomes a challenge. You try your best to acquire confidence in the morning and go ahead for the day. Yet, somehow, your narcissistic partner manages to break you down before you make it to evening.

To top it off, if you have any good thing coming- like your promotion or you closed a good client, things take a wrong turn. Your narcissistic partner will try their best to demean you, discourage you, tear you apart.

Yes, you cannot see it at first, but later on, take a step back and think about the encounter as a third person. Analyze it. You will notice either all or one of the following:

>the so-escalated fight was merely a worth of pebble;
>how the things you said were twisted and used against you;
>how the words from them were double meaning leaving you with no stable ground;
>how things were simple before you involved them in your news.

A simple meet with your narcissistic partner leaves you draining. They suck away all the energy and the motivation you woke with in the morning, leaving you all empty. In fact, you start degrading.

>You think less of yourself.
>You lose self-respect, self-trust, motivation, confidence, encouragement, passion, and drive to make impossible things possible.
>You begin losing affection for relatives and friends.
>Everything seems to be crumbling down to the ground.

You know that you want to leave this relationship as quickly as possible. You’re waiting for their say to break up to which you will probably say NO. Because narcissistic partners know how to make their better half cling to them. They just feed you enough love and attention to keep the relationship going. Just enough so that you justify everything yourself- every word that comes out of their mouth and every action they take.

How to Deal With a Narcissist?

A narcissistic personality is a hard game to play. But, remember, it is all in your control, in your hands. You hold the power to either make them continue their bullsh*t behavior or give up.

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