Peace comes... Piece by Piece

I Just Want to Be Me

by Rene Swanson I JUST WANT TO BE ME. I don’t want to be your therapist. I don’t want to be your emotional validator. I ...

The Narcissist’s Constant Victim Role

by Rene Swanson THE NARCISSIST’S CONSTANT VICTIM ROLE Covert narcissists are constant victims. Everyone has done them wrong. Everyone has injured their precious ego at ...

How the Covert Narcissist Plays Rejection, Abandonment, and Abuse

by Rene Swanson How the Covert Narcissist Plays Rejection, Abandonment, and Abuse My marriage lasted almost 21 years. For most of these years, I convinced ...

The Sting of Covert Narcissism

by Rene Swanson The Sting of Covert Narcissism Covert narcissism is messed up! It is so twisted you feel like you are going insane just ...

Living Like a Blind Fool

by Rene Swanson Living Like a Blind Fool You stomped all over my feelings, Smashing them again and again, Like a bull, thrashing in a ...

No Reconciliation Ever with a Narcissist

by Rene Swanson No Reconciliation Ever with a Narcissist In relationships, you are certainly going to upset each other from time to time. You are ...

Others have it much worse than me, shouldn’t I just be grateful?

by Rene Swanson Others have it much worse than me, shouldn’t I just be grateful? A Recurring Perspective One perspective that keeps surfacing from my ...

Don’t Over-Compensate for the Narcissistic Parent

by Rene Swanson Don’t Over-Compensate for the Narcissistic Parent When our co-parent is abusing our children in any way, it is extremely easy to over-compensate ...

What Happens when a Narcissist Tries to “Fix” that Broken Relationship?

by Rene Swanson What Happens when a Narcissist Tries to “Fix” that Broken Relationship? When does a relationship with a narcissist get worse? When that ...

Why do narcissists give only misery?

by Rene Swanson Why do narcissists give only misery? They seem to have the best of intentions. They say they love you. They say they ...