The pattern matters more than the promise.
Repeated entitlement, denial, and devaluation are data even when apologies sound convincing.
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It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People
7 memorable lines from It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People by Ramani Durvasula, each with the idea behind it.
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It is not fixed by being better.
Trying to become perfectly lovable keeps the focus away from the other person's pattern.
Confusion is part of the injury.
Gaslighting and inconsistency erode trust in your own perception.
Boundaries reveal reality.
Healthy people may dislike limits; exploitative people punish them.
Grief includes the fantasy relationship.
Healing often means mourning what you hoped was there.
Support breaks isolation.
Outside witnesses can help restore a stable sense of what happened.
Compassion does not require access.
Understanding someone's wounds does not obligate you to remain available for harm.
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