How the Narcissist Gets Away with Cheating... Even If They're Not So Smart!

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  • @karenslittleshop
    @karenslittleshop 4 роки тому +102

    I had no idea I was being cheated. On until I split up from my ex and discovered he was seeing all sorts of women! No one would believe me because of the persona he portrayed and that was the hardest thing I found

  • @narcfreeatlast6975
    @narcfreeatlast6975 4 роки тому +190

    This is partly why narcs often enjoy long-distance relationships as well. It's easier to keep their double, triple, or quadruple life hidden.

    • @RicardoLopez-ty4kn
      @RicardoLopez-ty4kn 3 роки тому +2

      You think so? Can you tell me more in detail please.

    • @chihuahuakween2085
      @chihuahuakween2085 3 роки тому +15

      They have a strange obsession with long distance relationships 🤨

    • @zinebakrouh6746
      @zinebakrouh6746 3 роки тому +5

      I broke up with him after 1 month he engaged in a long distance relationship he stayed with her longer than me and he never met her
      Hz discarded her then came back to me but then she found our texts and she contacted me and told me everything about them

    • @ingridhaughney3645
      @ingridhaughney3645 3 роки тому +8

      @@chihuahuakween2085
      It’s their modus operandi it’s a strategy and it’s the easiest way for Sociopaths and Narcissistic individuals to dupe vulnerable people eg single, divorced, widowed, single parent, single household

    • @serenity8295
      @serenity8295 3 роки тому +7

      So true. They love trashy sites and social media and are pros on what we can see on FB. Immature a holes.

  • @LovelyQueen_76
    @LovelyQueen_76 3 роки тому +116

    The best thing I ever learned is, I cannot change a situation or that person. I can only change the way I deal with them and my actions!! ❤️

    • @elizabethball9133
      @elizabethball9133 2 роки тому +4

      This is such good advice. The hard part is that I don't always feel in control of my own actions!!! I actually do not trust myself to make the right choices and actually avoid the N. I've been away from this particular man for 18 months and still don't trust myself to not go back.

  • @edwardmcgough6947
    @edwardmcgough6947 4 роки тому +213

    After a 14 year relationship/12 year marriage I have finally realized I'm dealing with a covert narcissist. 14 years of pretending to be the perfect partner, 14 years of gaslighting and lies. 14 years of living a complete fantasy. 14 years of my life I will never get back.

    • @demonslayer4107
      @demonslayer4107 3 роки тому +2

      I feel like my NARCISSIST didn't take nothing from me but trouble from bouncing around n around ... I'll take my NARCISSIST lesson as a JEWEL because now I truly know the signs and the behavior of a individual who is worthless...
      The problem is when I got wise to my NARCISSIST games and tricks it got bad and the fighting never stopped it just increased because it POWER STRUGGLE cause my NARCISSIST is set in his ways and I can truly say I never felt love from my NARCISSIST I was used but I used him as well as my crutch to not face my reality
      ( past failures) in my youth and not feeling the need to advance myself because my NARCISSIST was satisfied on how he wanted me to be and as long as you could use me we was Good. .
      Now that my NARCISSIST provided me with the basics to be content it's now coming to a end cause I learned and grew off my NARCISSIST seeing him now as being weak and a liar cause I understand his fear is why he can't conquer himself...
      Just not carrying his weight no more, I taught him well it was my energy that kept us GOING now I'm drained so this is where it ENDS.
      I learned from my NARCISSIST and loved my NARCISSIST it just wasn't real because he didn't believe in anything but his own flesh and desires that mean I can see there is no Future with someone who is set on destruction manipulation lies all of it so toxic.
      Learn how to take the GOOD with the BAD and when you are strong enough to part you do so but understand the risk you are taking you can put on the new face and play the game or you can get left behind.

    • @nicolegiles1034
      @nicolegiles1034 2 роки тому +21

      Look for the lessons,look at the growth. You won! They have to live with their miserable selves forever!

    • @jamesritch5245
      @jamesritch5245 2 роки тому +19

      Just went through it literally. 15 years down the hole. Never knew what a covert narcissist was and BPD. I do now though.

    • @Queenvictoria2k2
      @Queenvictoria2k2 2 роки тому +1

      Same here, I’ve known my ex husband Covert narcissist for a total of 20 years and was married to him for a total of 15 years. He was very insidious with everything until the mask started falling off in 2020 around when COVID started. I was deceived and manipulated. Years off my life down to drain and I wouldn’t have ever met him had his mother would not have introduced me to him. I feel as though she knew something was not right about her son but still continued to introduce me to him. He started saying he wanted an open marriage after 15 years of our marriage to my knowledge being monogamous. But found out about his secret life, Narcissists always has a secret life for sure. I received a Facebook message from the woman he was cheating on me with stating that she knew my husband from years before we got married and that she knew the colors of my bedsheets and that he took my 2 year old daughter to her house and she was around when bills were getting paid and that she knew my ADT alarm code to my house. Like really she could have killed me in my sleep or poisoned my drinks and food when I confronted him with this information he shrugged and stated oh I know her she wouldn’t have harmed you. Like what?!?! The nerve of him. I’m happy that I divorced him but now I have to gray rock while coparenting answer share a 4 year old and 11 month old together. It was so hard having to sell our house while going through the divorce and being pregnant all at the same time. Just horrible a true nightmare!! Ughhh!!

    • @tonymurray8671
      @tonymurray8671 2 роки тому +11

      Same thing happened to me

  • @eliseodle4475
    @eliseodle4475 3 роки тому +35

    My narcissistic husband cheated with a girl he didn't even know (met her at a bar.. I of course had no idea he had even gone to the bar). He lied to her at first, then came clean that he had a family (or so he says). I caught him twice in 2019, took him back bc of his promises, tears, etc. He continued to see her (I didn't know). I finally caught him again on Thanksgiving 2020 and kicked him out and filed for divorce. But, she wasn't the only one. I'm certain if it, I just can't prove it. It's been a nightmare. It still is a nightmare.

  • @christymarch7245
    @christymarch7245 4 роки тому +73

    Its crazy, when I would catch my ex cheating on me, he would cause an even bigger issue over something else, (normally something I did) that was NOWHERE near as heinous as him cheating, but somehow I'd be so busy apologizing for something dumb, that his cheating went by with no repercussions. Weird how that works.

    • @joviedwards1064
      @joviedwards1064 3 роки тому +5

      I can relate

    • @blackxdark1234
      @blackxdark1234 3 роки тому

      Sad 😞

    • @ericsartanahorner
      @ericsartanahorner 3 роки тому +5

      Yep. I can relate... Sad stuff. Gaslighting.

    • @wendyc5895
      @wendyc5895 3 роки тому +1

      Exact same for me.

    • @reignd5295
      @reignd5295 2 роки тому +3

      Exact thing happened to me. This feeling literally sucks. I can’t wait to overcome this feeling.

  • @kellegeez
    @kellegeez 3 роки тому +106

    The fact that this type of conversation needs to be had is so disgusting to me. This is how people get killed in a crime of passion.

    • @kimmargowskiify
      @kimmargowskiify 3 роки тому +6

      I've said. That numerous yes before I really knew what I was dealing with. I felt that homicide would be forgiven because. Of the horrible non human pain he. Inflicted

    • @fiyahriddims
      @fiyahriddims 2 роки тому +1

      🎯

    • @michaeljackson8857
      @michaeljackson8857 Рік тому +1

      My husband told me 6 years ago whilst I was trying to have a heart to heart with him about him ignoring me and not making an effort now the children were getting older. He said out of the blue. I sit outside primqry school and visualise chopping all the patents up on the school run. I only asked for a heart to heart and how he ignores his wife and children. Sadly I'm still here but not for much longer. I can guarantee he is live bombing a Philippino at work who is odd to her friends as they are all married and have children and lead a normal loving life. Oh yes poor Flo she will be abused. In every way possible.

    • @mikecook-oj7dm
      @mikecook-oj7dm Рік тому

      I agree with Kim's reply and have voiced a similar opinion to people myself

    • @JessicaCrowell-h4j
      @JessicaCrowell-h4j Місяць тому

      10000000 percent

  • @saraliburd7752
    @saraliburd7752 3 роки тому +21

    I never really thought he was cheating…just flirting ….even towards the end when he was on his phone all the time…I was brainwashed……I believed he want a cheater but now I realize he did it the whole way through 😩

  • @victoriasutherland2617
    @victoriasutherland2617 4 роки тому +74

    How do you ever trust your own judgement again? He seemed sincere. We had plans. But it had to all be a lie. How can I trust anyone again?

    • @elizabethpaigemodel9024
      @elizabethpaigemodel9024 3 роки тому +13

      I feel the same. I feel like an idiot and a chump and I’m more than embarrassed

    • @Sarah-ej7kd
      @Sarah-ej7kd 3 роки тому +7

      so relatable.

    • @kaym5015
      @kaym5015 3 роки тому +5

      @@elizabethpaigemodel9024 omg me too...

    • @aaagabb4779
      @aaagabb4779 3 роки тому +9

      Same. These people are such good liars

    • @rlm9898
      @rlm9898 3 роки тому +3

      @@siggmundfloyd1858 Of course you can trust people! After they EARN it.

  • @DVAwarness
    @DVAwarness 4 роки тому +95

    One reason why they get away with it is because everytime they exhale a lie comes out.

    • @johncummings5755
      @johncummings5755 2 місяці тому +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @trishlee7214
    @trishlee7214 5 років тому +438

    I like how ppl say " my narcissist" . Stop claiming these demons lolol

    • @alcudiababe1
      @alcudiababe1 4 роки тому +6

      I think they just mean, this, was my narcissist I dated, or, who I'd a two year relationship with, or, had kids with, etc, and I think it's because we all know one narcissist in our lives so I think when we talk about them to others on you tube, we can say my narcissist and these are all the terrible things he did
      but we just mean that, this was our narcissist we encountered... but I do like your quote that was why I gave it a thumbs up because I do agree with that.
      After that time after Allan I had one friend who would just listen to me and care for me so as depressed as I was because I swear I actually felt broken I couldn't even let my guy friend hug me let alone feel the benefit of a hug. Because when you hug someone and really let yourself go it's almost like you trust them if you get what I mean. I think, these, reserved patters some people do are for their benefit. They annoy the crap out of me because it feels weird but maybe they are limiting the connection they have but I didn't want to be touched for the first time I didn't want to be held..

    • @lucycrown212
      @lucycrown212 4 роки тому +6

      I call him"live-in narc"

    • @AustraliaUnmasked1984
      @AustraliaUnmasked1984 4 роки тому +5

      To refer to someone as yours like some sort of possession is a narcissistic trait!. I called a woman out on this and she completely edited her comment! Pretty certain I exposed a narc?

    • @alcudiababe1
      @alcudiababe1 4 роки тому +4

      @@AustraliaUnmasked1984 I don't know but I just think because we are talking about narcissistic people I think that's why we say my narcissist did this or she did that. It's just the fact we have encountered one or more to talk about it but I do grasp what you mean. Or sometimes if it's in the family you would say my narcissistic sister or father because they are our family...

    • @AustraliaUnmasked1984
      @AustraliaUnmasked1984 4 роки тому +2

      @@alcudiababe1 the girl I date got a bit excited one night and told me I belong to her. Does that make her a narcissist?

  • @Maria-ok1pg
    @Maria-ok1pg 4 роки тому +82

    Now a days there’s a lot of micro-cheating! And when confronted, they will say “it’s not like i slept with them” SMH

    • @pallasathena1369
      @pallasathena1369 3 роки тому +9

      Yes, the texting old school "friends" who they swear they wouldn't want to sleep with 🙄

    • @HunterLvyiXIII
      @HunterLvyiXIII 2 роки тому +2

      @@pallasathena1369 yes! Mine even flew her in and then discarded me. Smh

    • @helenlee6300
      @helenlee6300 2 роки тому +1

      @@HunterLvyiXIII so sad for you 😢, 💔

    • @sgtmuffinbadger6147
      @sgtmuffinbadger6147 2 роки тому +1

      Yup mine did this

  • @shanpowell7820
    @shanpowell7820 4 роки тому +23

    Triangulation with ex that knew about me and cheating with new people who knew nothing about me.

  • @DanielGennaro
    @DanielGennaro 3 роки тому +56

    You hit the nail right on the head from the first five mins. The whole “this person leads a secret life”. I’ve never met a woman to throw me through a loop like this one. It’s like every single thing is a lie so I can’t discern what’s real or not. Also never heard of hoovering but it sounds very spot on to what’s been happening. Constant manipulation where they’re the aggressor to do things to abdonden my trust then flips it on me and plays victim.

    • @wendyc5895
      @wendyc5895 3 роки тому +1

      Exact thing for me as well.

    • @joymariegreenlun1731
      @joymariegreenlun1731 2 роки тому +1

      Im alittle confused, what exactly is hoovering?

    • @Foundry_made
      @Foundry_made 2 роки тому +1

      Did we date the same woman?

    • @sgtmuffinbadger6147
      @sgtmuffinbadger6147 2 роки тому

      Same

    • @bigjazzer7390
      @bigjazzer7390 2 роки тому +3

      Bang on point! Everything becomes your fault! Even though it is not ,your still made to feel like the aggressor! These sort of people will send you bonkers,quite literally! Disgusting isn't even giving it a real term of explanation!

  • @iamdancingfree
    @iamdancingfree 5 років тому +105

    There also is emotional cheating where they are caught multiple times, talking to, texting and seeing the other woman who they have left you for multiple times.
    Thank you for your message

    • @iamdancingfree
      @iamdancingfree 5 років тому +2

      @@stephanieduncan9023
      Thank you so much. I appreciate this.
      I am sorry for all that you have been through.

    • @ratliesjohnson5018
      @ratliesjohnson5018 4 роки тому +3

      I'm still with one. He refused to stop talking to the girl he only cheated with and when I read messages I just said ok it's an emotional affair. So he jumped on it. 2 years later he now says if YOU thought it was then I GUESS it was

    • @iamdancingfree
      @iamdancingfree 4 роки тому +1

      @@naida6958
      Yes

    • @theknifeman7097
      @theknifeman7097 2 роки тому +1

      Yes she did this to me for years

    • @sgtmuffinbadger6147
      @sgtmuffinbadger6147 2 роки тому +2

      Yup mine did this the entire relationship

  • @elyak1000
    @elyak1000 4 роки тому +68

    I don't know if theres already a video on this but im feeling very mad at myself for ever letting someone treat me this way. Looking back on everything and how much he took advantage of me and used me makes me so angry. Makes me feel like he got one over on me and he's just laughing about it. He got SOOO much out of me, it makes me angry. It also makes me angry thinking of how many times he's probably cheated on me, and how he got away with it every time. Im in the discard phase, and im realizing so much. Thank you so much for your videos, they are all very very helpful.

    • @nataliecook7254
      @nataliecook7254 4 роки тому +11

      OMG! I am dealing with this now! I feel as you do: so used, betrayed, foolish and mad at myself. I feel your pain. I hope you comment and let us know how you're doing! I've gone no contact for 2 weeks since he just moved out (at my insistence). Had he stayed, he would've kept lying, cheating and using me at the same time. They suck the life and joy out of you! They are pure evil monsters!

    • @salonsavy6476
      @salonsavy6476 4 роки тому +4

      Ditto ,, I’m feeling the same thing !,, extremely used and discarded!,,, like trash ,, and my Gut told me something was wrong,, long ago,,,but I gave him the benefit of the doubt,,, how stupid I was !,,,

    • @theresaoriordan9561
      @theresaoriordan9561 4 роки тому +3

      This is also my situation. I feel like I've lost the last 35 years of my life in a marriage that was a lie. The number of times I've forgiven him makes me sick to my stomach. No more, 3 months into my divorce, it can't end soon enough for me. I'm 56 so feeling slightly worried about my future. Good luck everybody!! 🙂

    • @catherinehenderson1907
      @catherinehenderson1907 4 роки тому +3

      Know the feeling...but I'm laughing at them now

    • @gmbbrz
      @gmbbrz 4 роки тому +1

      @@salonsavy6476 it is our hope that does us in.

  • @almostafarm6394
    @almostafarm6394 4 роки тому +22

    Thank you for mentioning forgiveness. There are deep spiritual wounds from narcissists that no one addresses.

    • @lorisanders4414
      @lorisanders4414 18 днів тому +1

      Yes, we know the narcissistic person has experienced trauma or abandonment during their childhood, but their aggressive and deceitful behavior is purposefully done. Sometimes, a person's actions are actually UNFORGIVEABLE. Our responsibility is to keep moving forward and continue to LOVE!

    • @almostafarm6394
      @almostafarm6394 18 днів тому +1

      @@lorisanders4414 You're so right. Forgiveness means freeing ourselves from toxic plans of revenge. It never means giving the perp a free pass to strike again.

  • @natalieday5718
    @natalieday5718 4 роки тому +34

    I got both “just a friend” and the ex’s. Severe life lesson learnt!

    • @intp9944
      @intp9944 2 роки тому

      same

    • @intp9944
      @intp9944 2 роки тому

      what was funny and creepy for me is that “just friend “ bloked me on fb when i broke up with him..and exactly when we borke up he told her that i broke up bcs of her .. xd still can’t believe this guy

  • @merzhoykin
    @merzhoykin Рік тому +3

    wow I've never seen a post narc victim as lively and filled with positive energy as you. You got nerves of steel.

  • @robertcrick6906
    @robertcrick6906 2 роки тому +9

    100% you are and always describe the past 6 years of my life. Now moved on and feel free from the living hell of being with a covert narcissist. Thank you so much for the enlightenment and understanding. Only a person who falls in love with a narc will ever understand the torment they put you through and the delusional life they live.

  • @justinpoindexter3993
    @justinpoindexter3993 4 роки тому +52

    Left my wife of 9 years today that cheated on me with her ex that had been “only close friends” with her our entire marriage. We have two kids and I don’t know how to move on from her. I hate her for what she did to us as a family unit.

    • @DWGAT9
      @DWGAT9 4 роки тому +7

      I feel bad giving you a "like" for that, I don't like that happening whatsoever...I am really sorry for what you're going through. I hope you can The narcs lies, callous disregard or indifference about the future and big picture scares me. I'm sorry but I might be wrong here, but if you have a wife/husband, family, and kids especially, then shouldn't they be your focus? Why doesn't that become supply enough?

    • @laurenm9563
      @laurenm9563 4 роки тому +1

      Same
      Married 13 years, yet she got more than me & was treated better. He won't leave me 4her, I've asked him 2. Y did this happen 2 me?! Im walking. Idgaf anymore and recently cheated 4 sport

    • @MrsYoung-in9ov
      @MrsYoung-in9ov 4 роки тому

      So sorry for what you’re going through. There are 2 groups that really helped me heal and forgive. Standers United on Facebook and the website Rejoice Marriage Ministries.

    • @MrsYoung-in9ov
      @MrsYoung-in9ov 4 роки тому

      This is a good channel also - ua-cam.com/video/Ai68SLoNBGM/v-deo.html

    • @joviedwards1064
      @joviedwards1064 3 роки тому +1

      How are you doing?

  • @DAgayton9558
    @DAgayton9558 5 років тому +147

    Emotional cheating on social media as well

    • @alexblaze8878
      @alexblaze8878 4 роки тому +14

      Yep. Without emotional cheating there usually is no physical cheating.

    • @saltoftheearth8243
      @saltoftheearth8243 4 роки тому +5

      Yep.

    • @razasyeda6054
      @razasyeda6054 4 роки тому +1

      Well it’s not that innocent, mine married that woman and broke off our engagement! Social media 😈

    • @theguynextdoor4978
      @theguynextdoor4978 4 роки тому +1

      The one I was with was looking for “friends” on tinder, dating sites and went: they know I’m married. Stop being so controlling and jealous. Remember why i dumped my ex??? He was like you. He wouldn’t even let me have friends.
      I never controlled her or was possessive. It’s normal to raise an eyebrow when something is off. But not with a narc. They are never at fault. Her friends even told me to stop being a possessive jerk.

    • @bah4006
      @bah4006 4 роки тому

      I think sexually experienced men should be with sexually experienced women. It just makes no sense to even talk to someone like that. They are going to cheat at some stage and for people who don't have that toxic lifestyle that is a big deal. I think inexperienced women should go with kinder men. Virgins don't cheat. Men/women who aren't do. I'd rather avoid from now onwards. I agree some people just maybe sleep one or two or even 3 or 4 people and they settle but mostly women/men who have high body counts are not good and also they are not good for sex I was told. I do find them pretty unattractive. I think their genitalia are consumed as a doctor said it's what happens it shrinks in men and it is too loose in women. I think quality of sex wil be very low too so I avoid. Also that is morally wrong. Think of how they hurt other women/men by either provoking a cheating or ny cheating. If they are so proud of it why they hide it from you. I think they themselves don't like it and just want to tell you you are bad because you are different. Also they have trust issues are insecure and I believe they all have the potential of being manipulated and turning into abusive as well as trying to control or manipulate you. It's not a happy ending being cheated on is an unhappy ending and so I feel avoiding those insecure morally weak types is best.

  • @stresslee
    @stresslee 2 роки тому +43

    Honestly it sucks that so many of us fell in love with a person like this. I feel exactly how you said about being ashamed whenever my ex would come around and I still saw her, hoping no one would find out…..she would cheat on me so much the exact same way you said with her ex from a past relationship.
    The only reason I’ve been able to let go of hate is because I never blamed him, it was all her. I can’t blame a guy for having a girl like her show up at his door ready to do something like that. Is it wrong? Yes. But that doesn’t change the fact that she was the one who went out looking for it.
    I just hope I can really fully let go of any feelings I have for her. It’s extremely difficult but I know every time I feel anything for her that it’s so wrong because of everything she’s put me through.

    • @diningroomfish5470
      @diningroomfish5470 2 роки тому +3

      I hear you brother, and it's hard when you love someone and they know it,that's why they do this because they know they can get away with it, it's easy for others to tell you, you can find someone better who will not do this to you, but they are not in your shoes and will never understand unless they are going through it,or have been through it, stay strong

    • @Penumbras1919
      @Penumbras1919 Рік тому

      Very similar story here. If you let go, you will be amazed at what that new ‘space’ youhave created, through pain and growth- beautiful things DO begin to happen. Hang in there and love YOURSELF hard!! You are not alone

    • @introvertedways6976
      @introvertedways6976 Рік тому +3

      Same way but I went crazy when I found out because all along I was right she had a secret relationship just lied to my face smiling in front of my face and still stayed. The betrayal was unbearable yes it’s very difficult but I also let go because she’s no better than me I know what I did was right and I’ll remember that, I gotta accept she was never the one that I’ve been looking for..

  • @mikyl-fo8rh
    @mikyl-fo8rh Рік тому +1

    When the narc is caught-
    'I never said I wasn't seeing them' 😏

  • @Areyoukiddingme64
    @Areyoukiddingme64 4 роки тому +53

    Projection. He use to accuse me of cheating when I wasn't. He was projecting his bad behavior on to me.

    • @macalla1996
      @macalla1996 3 роки тому

      That's my wife @💔😭 I'm sorry I haven't had sleep for days two months even counting this month she packed all her things and left now but she thinks it's okay to be with someone else knowing that we're still married and the sad part is this bastard lives right around my job. Claiming on her phone he wants to beat my ass and she said go ahead do it. she's also trying to have the people that she messed with the cost of street beat me up. She told me I was scared earlier to come home I told her well I have other priorities in life and I don't have time to stoop to yours level it's disgusting. We also have three beautiful babies together as shown in my profile picture I just don't get what's going on with her lately she has borderline personality disorder this whole mental health stuff it's just insane. Her grandmother my mother our family and friends wants wants me to leave her in divorce her as soon as possible.

    • @kaylahall7882
      @kaylahall7882 3 роки тому +2

      Yes my boyfriend of 7 years has been doing this for the last year. Tells me he just does it because I do.

    • @BrandyLight101
      @BrandyLight101 3 роки тому +1

      I try not to accuse my partner because i know how it feels when he is falsely accusing me! However...his actions, verbal behaviour, half hearted affections, and endless... I mean endless...gas station or store excursions that last for well over a normally excusable amount of time...he's usually gone for at least 2 hours at a time morning & late evening. Oh lord how he always has something to do or how he's annoyed by others holding him up.... He is always thinking 10 steps ahead to cover his tracks. He is a terrible liar & even admits to half way telling the truth at some point down the line. 😔Lately he is always commenting on how I am not attentive or interested in him anymore. Ugh duh dude!!! He's never home consistently enough to even notice me or our children. He knows this hurts us and leaves us all confused and even depressed or angry/bitter at times. I'm over it really but...Im stuck for now due to the damage I've suffered. Fighting every single day to regain the mental stealth, will, stability and courage to exit the relationship without loosing anything else. He even knows that I'm depressed because of his toxicity & almost seems remorseful. He claims to care and has even made great strides of improvement with certain things. I'm not sure I should even care about him the way i do. I've always believed in love & it's power to impact. So depressed with grief from acceptance of my reality. I just thank God this man can't take away my faith and wisdom. I'm a survivor....sometimes we don't need the hidden facts to understand the truth. All this said....I would like to know if he's been cheating or attempting to...whatever. Maybe he just wants me to think he is, assuming that it'll trick me into resuming physical intimacy. Crazy tho...why would you tell your depressed fiancee ((5+yrs & also step mother to your 2 other children)) mother of your children that you're gonna find a way to laid elsewhere? I love this man more than anyone I've ever committed myself to...there are great qualities about him that I cherish. After all these years tho...its clear he has a severe personality disorder and he has to get clinical help....most likely it'll only happen once he's lost me..our children...our bond. Thanks y'all if ya took time to read this. Didn't intend to be so personal but Im only human and narcissistic abuse is a real threat to thousands of wives, partners and mothers like myself. Guess Im seeking support from others that truly can relate to this kind of suffering. Good vibes to all and remember God's got your back so it's okay to let go when it seems like you're loosing your grip. ❤✨🥀 Everything changes in time & Rome was not built in one day. 🌄 Please feel free to reply✨ Kinda need an outsiders perspective. Any kind of support is better than nothing at all.

    • @brandylee6030
      @brandylee6030 3 роки тому

      @@BrandyLight101 wow this is very powerful! Thank you for opening up and sharing with us!
      I can relate immensely!
      Thank you for the good vibes and praying and hugs and love to you!🙏🏼♥️

  • @NickyM_0
    @NickyM_0 4 роки тому +5

    Isn't it a joint dynamic? Don't they target a vulnerable, low self-esteemed person that will be more easily hood winked into allowing their double life. Gives them freedom, won't ask too many questions, will be easily gas lighted into not asking questions and will stay no-matter what and have enabler personalities that fight against seeing the TRUTH.

  • @mairimillar8866
    @mairimillar8866 3 роки тому +11

    Yes, it was more what the narcissist I knew DIDN'T say more than what he did. He must justify that to himself as "not lying". He was clearly a chronic and prolific liar. Thank you for this confirmation, Christina. Mx

  • @deltaradiance9034
    @deltaradiance9034 4 роки тому +47

    My relationship with my narcissist made me love myself more. I thanked him last time he tried to get back with me then kept it moving.❤

  • @melanieboerrigter2844
    @melanieboerrigter2844 5 років тому +33

    I was the ex. He told me he was divorcing and separated, that is I was "the one", his soulmate etc...and then for one reason or another it was delayed...then the devaluation and ghosting. The day before he ghosted me he told me he loved me... lol 😂. I didn't realize he was a narc but now I do. I feel so stupid to have believed him.

  • @Starlight111x
    @Starlight111x 5 років тому +104

    Your so incredibly educated on this topic everything you said is accurate. Love how you mention the things other channels don't mention like being judge by people on the outside! Please don't stop mentioning the little things it make it even more relatable and like your not alone!

    • @CommonEgo
      @CommonEgo  5 років тому +17

      That's one of the reasons I started this channel because I was seeing patterns with other survivors. It's sometimes little stuff, but it's amazing how many people have the same experience! Thank you for your comment 🙏❤

    • @LV-ir9ns
      @LV-ir9ns 3 роки тому +1

      So true!! Yes , even some so famous experts also have not been able to explain so well as she does.. I have unsubscribed all others after listening to her (common ego) videos.

  • @crusherone628
    @crusherone628 8 місяців тому +1

    I would add, she was not diagnosed or anything, so thankful for podcasts like this. I read many books too. Why? Because she had me convinced that I was a narcissist and I wanted to figured out what that meant and if I was. The more I learned the more I realized all the things I was accused of, she was doing. Up is down and down is up 🤷‍♂️

  • @joycekaderli8642
    @joycekaderli8642 4 роки тому +40

    The best thing I ever learned is I cannot change the man I can only change the way I deal with the man and my actions!

    • @LovelyQueen_76
      @LovelyQueen_76 3 роки тому

      I love ❤️ this

    • @LovelyQueen_76
      @LovelyQueen_76 3 роки тому

      The best thing I ever learned is, I cannot change a situation or that person. I can only change the way I deal with them and my actions!!

  • @imwatching2960
    @imwatching2960 4 роки тому +45

    He actually told his ex that he's been single for many years - when we were 1 year into the relationship. He did with full conficence as she was not on facebook, where we had our status. When I confronted him about it, he said that I should not make a fuss because it's not relevant. Like it's not relevant that we're in a relationship. So gross...

    • @2010cmarie
      @2010cmarie 4 роки тому +5

      This happened to me.

  • @carleypetillo7685
    @carleypetillo7685 2 роки тому +3

    I am going through this now. Im feeling upside down

  • @gage1nate2
    @gage1nate2 5 років тому +36

    I just found out the guy I have been sleeping w/ for 6 months has been in a relationship the entire time & though I’ve ended it immediately. I wanna tell her...it’s not fair out of the 3 of us the guilty one gets what he wants. I’m so hurt & angry about it. However I am not into knocking women down & hoping karma will bring this to light.

    • @CommonEgo
      @CommonEgo  5 років тому +8

      I never understand how people keep up the double life. Imagine living with so many lies... 😔

    • @PPCalvinist
      @PPCalvinist 3 роки тому +8

      Tell her, please tell her.

    • @savvystrandsxsnatchthatcat8122
      @savvystrandsxsnatchthatcat8122 3 роки тому +8

      TELL HER!! I always appreciated when people tell me !

    • @Krustkween
      @Krustkween 3 роки тому +8

      You will be saving her by telling her. Even if she doesn’t leave right away, she will be one step closer.

    • @bunnym5617
      @bunnym5617 3 роки тому +1

      Similar thing happened to me and the girl did not believe me when I tried to tell her. When she confronted him he just said awful lies about me how I am obsessive and crazy not over him and she believed that. Now I don’t know if I did the right thing or not. Maybe I did since I tried to warn her.

  • @devinashetty4934
    @devinashetty4934 4 роки тому +15

    Thank you for all your videos and information, it is very very helpful, you're helping a lot of us with our recovery.
    The covert narc I was in a relationship used long distance to get away with his cheating for 2 years. It still baffles me how he convinced her to keep it a secret for 2 years, her dad had just passed away and he used her at her most vulnerable period to sleep with her and get her hooked on. She was friends with all our mutual friends and knew about me the entire time. I was always been afraid of being cheated on because there was a lot of cheating within my own family growing up. He knew that and would always reassure me that he would never do such a vile and disturbing act. But he would confuse me so much and make me feel very insecure at the same time. Someone who values you will not keep making you feel insecure, they do they opposite, they offer security.
    I used to self-doubt and think I was irrationally jealous. I was wrong. I was irrationally trusting of a relationship between him and another woman. He would go on trips with other woman and sleep on the same bed with them while convincing me that nothing happened and that my thoughts are impure for ever doubting him (6 million red flags right there and I still believed him over my own intuition, I feel like such a dumbass for being so trusting). It is very very confusing being with a covert narc because he can be very very loving (which is actually a reflection of how loving you are and he was just mirroring that, he never loved me because he couldn't love himself, it was never genuine). You are always left feeling confused and self-doubt a lot. He also very subtly would threaten self harm when ever I took a step back and recognised his toxic traits. "I feel lifeless, I feel lost, I feel life is not worth living" and you come running back wanting to rescue him or fix him and save him. Then he will ghost you. You then beg and cry for his attention and support. A lot of back and forth like this. This mental distress made me physically sick. I couldn't sleep, I would feel emotionally drained and exhausted all the time. I was very addicted to him and I couldn't let go even though I was aware that the relationship was extremely unhealthy to the point where you question your own sanity. Till I learnt of his cheating. A lot of lessons to be learnt from this heartbreak and for that I am very very thankful and although it hurt like hell and I felt (still feel sometimes) humiliated and ashamed for a long time, I know I'm a good loving kind person with an A+ heart and that nobody can take that away from me. This relationship did not define who I am.

    • @CommonEgo
      @CommonEgo  4 роки тому +3

      So many lessons! And you have a great attitude about it. It most definitely does not define who you are. But when you learn the lessons and do the healing work, it can define who you become (strong, confident, whole, etc). Thanks for your comment! 🙏❤

  • @gilbertjoemontes5839
    @gilbertjoemontes5839 4 роки тому +13

    I’m going to have to say... I feel, all of the above. Based on so many factors... she did not “discriminate” on any available opportunities if they presented themselves. I wish I came across the wisdom in these videos years ago. Thank you.🙏

  • @alexblaze8878
    @alexblaze8878 4 роки тому +82

    A wise person once said “when someone tells you who they are, believe them...the first time they tell you”
    Give a narcissist enough time to talk-even on the very first date-and they will tell you exactly who they are.

    • @BLITZY261
      @BLITZY261 4 роки тому +2

      Kinda cool when you can spot the buggers ain't it.

    • @ShalamarEntertainmentGroupLLC
      @ShalamarEntertainmentGroupLLC 4 роки тому

      I agree!! I used to just sit and listen to my ex ramble on and on. From old relationships to random experiences even his BM’s. I started peeping out a lot of stuff I KNOW he hadn’t consciously wanted me to know.

  • @angelastafford3927
    @angelastafford3927 Рік тому +1

    He cheated with his ex's and even new victims. This was extremely helpful

  • @redsquirrel1086
    @redsquirrel1086 4 роки тому +25

    For somebody who claimed she didn't have friends my ex narc had a lot of friends.

  • @Foundry_made
    @Foundry_made 2 роки тому +3

    Secrecy, lying, deflection, and gaslighting.

  • @destiny2461
    @destiny2461 4 роки тому +34

    Yep. His ex would cover for him. They’d both lie to me lol it’s actually really messed up.

    • @astral_anomaly
      @astral_anomaly 4 роки тому +3

      His ex wife lied to my face about when I caught signs of them cheating. She lied about being involved with him for YEARS and cheated on MULTIPLE PARTNERS to be with him. I wanted so badly to believe them both and my ex made me feel insane for thinking that way.. I find comfort knowing they’re both insanely shitty & narcissistic and will continue this cycle having ruined all past and future romantic relationships.

  • @rturtle5795
    @rturtle5795 4 роки тому +13

    Mine did a combination of things. He did all of it. One night stands multiple relationships, he did everything

  • @Trw-ke5oo
    @Trw-ke5oo Рік тому +2

    I do have an embarrassment.. and I finally have completely cut him off.
    Regaining my balance. Thank you for sharing these videos. I can relate.
    Not something you’re friends can understand.
    I’m working on forgiveness of self. Letting go, moving on.
    I now understand why my mother went through what she did, I held so much anger because she never left my narcissistic father. I wanted to understand why someone would put themselves through it, and I have been shown.
    It is what we know and how we were programmed in our family unit. If you’re strong enough to leave, and do the healing work you are well on your way to paving a path for future generations.. you must share your experiences to those who suffer for support to let them know there is recovery and life beyond theses chains. ❤

  • @clhood85
    @clhood85 4 роки тому +24

    My Narc. Cheated on me while I was pregnant with someone at his job who "knew" about me being his gf. When I did finally find out and confronted him he beat ME up for finding out....pure evil

  • @gangGreenthumb
    @gangGreenthumb 10 місяців тому +2

    I think there were several. Twice she wen't to a family-oriented party (I did not want to go, they speak a language I don't understand) but she did not come home until the next morning. "My phone died, I fell asleep." (and so did everybody else's phone at the party.) Another possibly is a neighbor. She lit up when she saw him, and he often smiled in my face, like he knew something I did not. The third possibly, was a "friend" (no he's not) who I invited into my home to have beers and talk. I suspect when I fell asleep, she snuck downstairs. Am I paranoid? Perhaps.... after I ended the relationship with the narc, the two of them seemed a little comfortable on soc media where she calls him "my dear." I tried to exit the relationship after the first time, but I was already trauma bonded, I always gave her the benefit of doubt... "she wouldn't cheat, she loves me so much!" I gaslit my own self. I've learned recently that I compartmentalized each incident into it's own little box and put it away seperately, because it's easier for me to deny a single incident than a pattern.
    Anyway, she someone else's problem now. Glad she's gone. 581 days no contact and counting.
    The good news is I saw patterns of poor behavior in a recent relationship, which I ended four months in. The old me would have wanted to stick around and fix her. Now I'm focussed on fixing myself.

    • @sunnykhan5451
      @sunnykhan5451 10 місяців тому

      Good stuff keep dating good one will come along that will vibe with you.

  • @evangeliamaragouthakis3342
    @evangeliamaragouthakis3342 4 роки тому +31

    He triangulated me with other women in his life who were “friends.” He Slept with me first then came out the next day saying he was “nonmonogamous” then eventually tried to call it polyamory when he was just a misogynist who wanted to sleep with as many people as he could at once without emotionally supporting anyone. He would pick fights with me or make up lies and tell half truths to keep me at bay and pull me back in at his convenience. He told me he didn’t love me and after the 4th time I came back after discard said he did love me “in his own small way.” He tried to make me feel jealous of others in his life so I would compete for attention. He treats himself as a public figure and fakes empathy poorly. He was just a liar that played on peoples insecurities, attachment and used future faking and word salad and gaslighting as much as he could. Bread crumbing was normal, and he needs external validation so people buy into the false bait so when the mask would slip I have no value so it didn’t matter others would validate him on the internet.

    • @rturtle5795
      @rturtle5795 4 роки тому +2

      Mine too!! He did the exact same things!!! Omg!!

    • @shells_9091
      @shells_9091 3 роки тому

      Omg you said it!!!

    • @amyjohndro5746
      @amyjohndro5746 3 роки тому

      Omg did we “date” the same guy 😑

    • @wendyc5895
      @wendyc5895 3 роки тому

      Exact same with me.

    • @Trapanzano100
      @Trapanzano100 9 місяців тому

      My ex-wife did the same thing. We were still married when she told me to go and talk to her new boyfriend.

  • @kikyaaakun
    @kikyaaakun 4 роки тому +48

    They are just gross...once I found out what my ex is, I just feel sick...🤢

  • @susanschaar14
    @susanschaar14 4 роки тому +13

    YES! Going back with him is embarrassing and it leads the hoovered ex - ie, me - to actually enable being hidden by the narc (who is, of course, denying that's what's happening). Thank you for saying that out loud, I feel incredibly seen and recognized.

    • @wendyc5895
      @wendyc5895 3 роки тому

      Yes. This video & comments from others is Spot On for my situation. Sad to know others r going through this but also thankful for others sharing their experiences and realize my suspensions & gut feeling have been right all along.

  • @Sand24
    @Sand24 4 роки тому +20

    He never called me his girlfriend even though we were intimate but insisted I was his friend like other women in his life. He said it was easier that way.

    • @bjhbroker
      @bjhbroker 4 роки тому

      You should give him a good kick in his sorry @ss

    • @ilikeyou504
      @ilikeyou504 4 роки тому

      You played yourself

    • @Sand24
      @Sand24 4 роки тому +1

      @@Cdrivethp no

  • @Lexi_TheHostofHeaven
    @Lexi_TheHostofHeaven 2 роки тому +2

    Hi there! Love your videos! I learn something new everyday watching you. I was in a relationship with someone who had Narcissist behaviors. I was the "side-chick" for a little under a year with him. His girlfriend of 9 years didn't know about me. There was a lot of control in the situation and I bent much of myself to fit to his standards. She eventually found out and they broke up. He did end up going back to her unbeknowst to me. We are seeing each other now again after some months apart, it has been significantly better after he was in therapy and I have been taking therapy to resolve those painful feelings from the past.

  • @brynnleapierce5600
    @brynnleapierce5600 3 роки тому +2

    I recently ask my NARC if there was any kind of contact with his ex, he said “she emails me, but I don't respond”, What???? I responded & ask “why do you allow any contact, you know all forms (email, text, phone, social media) can be blocked from someone (if you want to) come on”‼️ I continued & replied, “you think I believe that you don't respond back, why else would you keep that access open?” He truly underestimates me & actually believes I buy that one‼️

  • @roderickmills6659
    @roderickmills6659 4 роки тому +2

    This is such a refreshing blessing to me I appreciate all your installment about narcissist it fits my experience to a T narcissus I dealt with had no limits price tag on how she can apply herself to whatever situation she wanted to be selfish about. Thank you for the closure so I can move on

  • @lynnvs6372
    @lynnvs6372 5 років тому +65

    I think mine was triangulation w emotional relationships w women( on his part). And I'd always know. Months prior to finding out. It was in the way he began to treat me. Insulting my intelligence. Making fun of me. Being more openly abusive. Sometimes physically and mostly covertly. Hed get mad and walk away from me in crowds. Like he couldnt be seen w a low life like me. Hed find times to leave the house to go be on his phone texting. He lied in one of these relationships and told me he was clocking in early at work. Found a receipt in his wallet for a doz Rose's for another female co worker going through a divorce. It's always a damsel in distress. Just like myself who had family problems growing up and ultimately was thrown out at 16 . The Narc was there to save the day. Except made me feel like crap for yrs. Never allow them to do anything for u unless you want to be indebted forever.

    • @lynnvs6372
      @lynnvs6372 5 років тому +15

      I also want to say they provoke fights during triangulation so they have reason to justify talking badly of you to the new supply. And it works because you appear unstable and the new supply does more for him( out of pity) while you're doing more to compete for his affections

    • @katalynbabe
      @katalynbabe 4 роки тому

      Same

    • @sarahjohnson8514
      @sarahjohnson8514 4 роки тому +1

      LynnV S ‘Hero’ narcissist.

    • @asgharakram
      @asgharakram 3 роки тому

      Stuble punches bring up your weight. Implementation of you are old we are same age. Meanness fights over wording of a sentence. I knew his behavior he was cheating.

    • @pallasathena1369
      @pallasathena1369 3 роки тому

      Yes, my ex narc has a history of "helping widows". These are women widowed in their 50s, so no doubt he was offering them his sexual services. They were also ignorant to the world as their husbands had been their protectors. The cruelty in playing with widows is extreme. I know of 3.

  • @breesan4446
    @breesan4446 4 роки тому +21

    They all live double lives. When you become the old supply they will try to love bomb you back in and the new supply will be clueless about it. Most also have secret family's the ex narc was able to get away with having a secret family because his ex wanted nothing to do with him she cut off all ties with him even though they had a child together. He was no longer involved in the child's life the narcissist just flat out denied having kids.

  • @g3nz0d
    @g3nz0d 3 роки тому +1

    I recently discovered my now ex cheating and when confronted, completed gaslighted me and denied it even though they were caught. She lived a secret life and this makes so much sense! ty

  • @emilyrose9004
    @emilyrose9004 5 років тому +20

    Interesting what you said about embarrassment. Because for a while I was back with my Nex but it was fairly low key. Granted, he's out of my life for good now. But there was a point where during this time he was no longer bringing me around his family and his family didn't even know we were together. Not to mention that he was consistently accusing me of cheating, which I thought to be projecting!

  • @frankharris3380
    @frankharris3380 2 роки тому +1

    “It’s just a friend” and then gets angry and defensive, lol.

  • @christinam777
    @christinam777 4 роки тому +2

    I just got out. I finally see the full truth in who is is and what he was doing between me and his ex, torturing us both. And had new supply lined up that I caught and now realize everything. Its all so painful and devaluing.

  • @laavelle
    @laavelle 4 роки тому +23

    Wow, I can’t even deny that my boyfriend is a narcissist.

  • @michelhilling8200
    @michelhilling8200 4 роки тому +3

    Mine told me everytimes." He is my best friend like a brother " now l know why....Thank's GOD l am out from this situation.... after cheating..l got so many.." sorry " be careful when they apologise so much....red flag...

  • @fa7959
    @fa7959 4 роки тому +24

    Mine was traveling always gone someplace needed to stay busy but if we listen to our gut feeling it tells us differently

  • @pinkposey8134
    @pinkposey8134 2 роки тому +3

    Thank you so very much for the clarity. Ex was seeing new supply and an ex. This explains THE why they go to the ex. She was extended nonrelated family. Thought he was ill, complained he was always tired for months, slogging around town with GF's (another red flag). He was tired bc had to keep up on everything all at once and work a FT job; I was in discard phase, and the other 2 were in various love bombing phases - yuk! Exhausting...

  • @charlottemyers8449
    @charlottemyers8449 3 роки тому +6

    I still haven't been able to absolutely catch him a hundred percent. I've got tons of Clues but because of his job he drives around as a driver for O'Reilly's delivering things so it's hard to know if he's actually on a delivery or if he's actually doing something else

    • @mariejoseph6148
      @mariejoseph6148 2 роки тому

      Narciss always like to do independent work , that way you cannot control them , that’s a trick!

  • @michaelreed9805
    @michaelreed9805 3 роки тому +10

    The "it" I was with is absolutely the lowest of low...not one ounce of loyalty,honesty, integrity, found myself questioning everything that came out of her mouth. always left details out... deflected...accused me...never apologized...or would get angry and blow up .....hang up and block me when I questioned it ... Absolutely a nightmare when I started figuring things out

    • @wendyc5895
      @wendyc5895 3 роки тому +2

      Exact same for me.

    • @michaelreed9805
      @michaelreed9805 2 роки тому +2

      @@wendyc5895 I began to question myself at times thinking surely she couldn't be this bad and maybe I was imagining things. Eventually my eyes stayed open and I kept my mouth shut about things (I found this to work great because she got comfortable with things and without knowing she'd actually told on herself). almost two years later now and she is still texting me saying how she messed up and is truly sorry for everything.....I almost bit!!! Almost gave in! within hours of her heartfelt texts things began to get shady again! Lol. Won't go into to details but definitely more of the same from the past. Freaking incredible. I'm sorry you had to experience this also....it does help to talk to people who went through the same ordeal. bet we could write a book! hope life and people are treating you better these days. there are some really good ones out here....it's just finding them and dropping the guard a bit to give them a chance is the hurdle I need to get over yet. Lol, talk about being cautious

    • @michaelreed9805
      @michaelreed9805 2 роки тому

      I've learned that they do not change. Only their tactics switches up. or they get more cunning. they love to go to counseling and be very vocal about it( it's only a manipulative tool in their bag of tricks) I heard the "I've changed routine" a dozen times now. The trick is to trust your instincts. when they speak let go in one ear and out the other. pay attention to their actions...if they don't match their words it's manipulation again. I've become good at spotting it now. I'll call it out on something every time the story changes! the texts and calls are fading away...never anymore video chats now when that's all there was before.it lives with another man but still says it can't get over me. This happens only when they fight. no more hurt or pain in my heart. she knows it I think. Finally! my ordeal is at its end. Hope the next one bails early like I should have. I had no clue what narcasism was until she called me that....I worried thinking she was right and did much research on it to only find out it was her all along and I hadn't been imagining things like she said. how messed up can a person be knowing I had PTSD survivors guilt pretty severe and already was down on myself at times for things in my past. already not liking myself and to do everything she did also was just low and uncaring. and I hear often..how long ago did that happen?as if to say get over it already. Let me be clear....there are at least 6 men for I know of she cheated with within a year and a half. So many lies I lost count. So many scandalous things it would be a book to write. She is so insensitive to the hurt she caused me. so selfish it makes me sick to even think about. But somehow through all that she plays the victim!!! wow! that's what a relationship with a narcissist is like

  • @robschmidt5014
    @robschmidt5014 5 років тому +15

    My ex had quite the past. I didn’t know she had a pending court case when I met her. 3 felonies later the day finally came for her to face a judge and the sentence of 6 months in jail came down and she was always miserable and displayed her lack of interest in the relationship. I decided to go through her phone and found out she cheated on me with people she worked with, ex bf’s and an old dude who looked like Colonel Sanders. Glad she’s gone and I have been much happier!

    • @ab456z
      @ab456z 4 роки тому

      Colonel Sanders haha made me chuckle.

    • @loadnlock357
      @loadnlock357 4 роки тому +2

      Funny you say that. My ex cheated on me with a guy 34 years older than her. Kinda resembled her dad in a way. So disgusting

    • @ashleighryan1390
      @ashleighryan1390 4 роки тому

      I went through the same.

  • @robinmartin7835
    @robinmartin7835 5 років тому +69

    My sociopath husband is in another country, so it was very easy for him to get away with cheating. The only reason I found out was because he forgot he had shared his Google photo library with me. You’re right, they’re not that smart. 🤪🤣

    • @hannahscott6604
      @hannahscott6604 4 роки тому +6

      Don’t claim him! Don’t call him yours! What a asshat

    • @chihuahuakween2085
      @chihuahuakween2085 3 роки тому +3

      Holy shit hahahahaahahahahaaaaa something similar with me too XD Don't trust google 🤣

  • @faithbaker8259
    @faithbaker8259 2 роки тому +1

    my narc husbund has an on going emotional affair going on with his brothers wife he is silent when i confront him & its so painful for me..im an empath & have been with him many years & cant leave at this time
    ive never felt such sadness & despair as i have with him &
    he secretetly lies & makes excuses to go to his brothers house so he can see her . he denies it of course.. anyone that can Run from these types
    thanks faith

  • @taylorsampson5434
    @taylorsampson5434 4 роки тому +64

    When you value your own time. Narcs have a really hard time being able to get into your head. Manipulative behavior only escalates if you feed it purpose. When you dont feed it and know how to respond.. holy shit dude. They get crazy and clingy as hell.

    • @ratliesjohnson5018
      @ratliesjohnson5018 4 роки тому +4

      The only tactic i haven't tried

    • @His.Heart.
      @His.Heart. 3 роки тому +2

      please share more examples, help us out

    • @jayo8484
      @jayo8484 3 роки тому +6

      That is very true. When you are indifferent and could careless what they do they become super stalkers and you really see how fragile and crazily obsessed they are.

    • @chihuahuakween2085
      @chihuahuakween2085 3 роки тому

      This 💯💯💯💯

  • @wendydonahue3925
    @wendydonahue3925 4 роки тому +68

    Constant flirting and grooming potential new supply where they think they’re actually special to the narcissist

    • @surfshack2
      @surfshack2 4 роки тому +12

      Ha! I know, boy are they in for a rude awakening. The new supply thought they were the knight in shining armor, the one who was gonna save the narcissist. Ha! Hello! Just wait , your time is coming.

    • @gmbbrz
      @gmbbrz 4 роки тому +2

      @@surfshack2 and then there is the poor person who is stuck in the situation and has to either put up with it or leave their own home.

  • @autumbreeze30
    @autumbreeze30 2 роки тому

    It's all the above ! Ty so much for your video , I thought I was going crazy! I just recently watched ur video & subscribed because it sounds like u have a lot of knowledge on narcissistic! I've been living with & dating my narcissistic boyfriend going on 6 yrs now, he's totally changed my life around! Unfortunately I can't financially afford to leave him , and I feel like nobody completely understands my situation... I'm thankful I came across your channel & will continue to watch ur videos so I don't feel so alone anymore! Ty 😊

  • @Job.Well.Done_01
    @Job.Well.Done_01 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for making this video. Thank you. Thank you.
    This sh** is no joke.
    I experienced ALL of these.

  • @christophermeldrum6970
    @christophermeldrum6970 2 роки тому +1

    THANK YOU SO MUCH Xoxo you have just lifted a crushing weight from my heart and soul that I honestly believed I would never get past you don't focus on why they are the way they are you explain why we feel the way we do and offer a way to heal that ability is so amazing and extremely unique ! So thank you for sharing your knowledge I feel like a complete and valuable person after seeing how to understand and accept what happened but also understanding how to move on without feeling broken and not good enough to be happy xoxo

  • @collettevanderwesthuizen9639
    @collettevanderwesthuizen9639 4 роки тому +4

    Your videos are VERY informative and spot on! Amazing how we learn and grow through the most difficult times. It's so important that we take our control back.

  • @scorpiolove674
    @scorpiolove674 2 роки тому +1

    Pretending to be " at work" is the number one go to for these bums.

  • @demonslayer4107
    @demonslayer4107 3 роки тому +3

    These are the most dangerous beings in life , you will only ESCAPE if you are focused on something that is more profitable seeing a better future helps you cope with seeing you are not alone .....

  • @DJ.Michelle
    @DJ.Michelle 4 роки тому +7

    Yep. Found out about 40 hours ago that my bf hav been cheating with his ex for the past month.

    • @mckenzie8016
      @mckenzie8016 4 роки тому +2

      Sorry for chiming in..... It is definitely hard but we can get through it, just got to be strong enough to do so and work on ourselves. My wife, who I've been with since we were 18 years (turning 50 years next month)cheated on me severally and only stopped because she was caught, she wanted me to stay, begged me not to leave, then 2 years later I became so ill I was bedridden and was in and out of ICU, coma and family called in because they said I wouldn't make it. A year into my illness she stopped being there, oh we lived in same house but till July of 2020 I was just there to pay Bills. She literally wants to bleed me dry emotionally and financially. I've never gotten over the affair and I never got an answer as to why. Now I'm better we've been working on things, but then I find out she was hiding a coworkers number and some other things. She got busted with a reliable veteran who helped me hack into her devices, Facebook, Instagram, whats app, text messages, deleted call messages, twitter and email account as far back as 2 years. He's available 24 HOURS. Calls or Text on whats app +19083490631. Contact him for closure rrackley416@gmailcom ...Now I know the truth, she says she's done. Nature of a Narc!
      What should i do at this point? Any ideas?
      i don't know if i still love her after all we've been through

    • @DJ.Michelle
      @DJ.Michelle 4 роки тому +1

      Wow! I cant even imagine!!! But I know what you mean bout them blaming us n acting like we did wrong for catching them... freakin unreal.

    • @mckenzie8016
      @mckenzie8016 4 роки тому +1

      @@DJ.Michelle No one else is trustworthy in the narcs mind of projection. Everyone is their clean up sponge.

  • @debsabatino311
    @debsabatino311 5 років тому +23

    Let's see. His ex wife from 17 yrs before I started seeing him hung around his mom on the next block. There were always pictures of her like she was part of the family. She would not look at me. Very weird. He told me she cheated when their kids were 10,8, and 6 and they went to counselling for 2 yrs trying to save their marriage and he never once slept with her in those 2 yrs of counselling or anytime after she supposedly cheated. He said she asked for him back every time he started a serious relationship which I was his 3rd serious relationship in those 17 years. He asked for her back one time after he had taken her to cancer treatments and she was cancer free. I asked him what kind of cancer she had and he said he didnt know. I thought that was soooo weird. And it was one of the key red flags when I was figuring everything out.

  • @kyleparker775
    @kyleparker775 2 роки тому +2

    I have been divorced almost 5 years. I still don’t know how, who, when. After 27 years together, knowing Narcissistic behavior I don’t expect anything more.

  • @rebeccahermes9970
    @rebeccahermes9970 3 роки тому +4

    He was So Cruel Jealous towards me. He's too obsessive.. I hate liars.

  • @munchey99508
    @munchey99508 3 роки тому +2

    He did it all.

  • @kellyjamesmerit7441
    @kellyjamesmerit7441 4 роки тому +1

    I went through both types...He had his Ex's back home in the Reno/ Sparks NV area and than he had the triflers wherever he went. He travels for work which he has done for 7 or was it 8 or maybe 10 years, who knows really how long, because KeithDuaneMcdaniel was never a truthful person to begin with😀😁 and it sucks knowing that he might/will keep emotionally hurting more people. Thus the reason I am leaving a comment, maybe someone out there will see it and not be hurt. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH😄 I APPRECIATE YOU! THANK YOU for explaining the inner workings of a narc because it has helped Me TREMENDOUSLY😁 YOU ARE A WONDERFUL HUMAN and my heart is sad, for You went through a similar situation as I, and NO ONE should ever have to feel such emotional pain.
    THANK YOU and keep up the amazing work YOU are doing to inform others. To those who are, like Me, REMEMBER be STRONG and STAY STRONG! (These people are "good" at what they do, breaking down of a "little" human, but I believe I am part of his comsmic KARMA balance.) REALIZE that YOU are WORTHY of so much MORE than a relationship with a narcissistic who makes YOU feel less than YOUR WORTH😃 HUGS and LOVE
    Kelly James Merit 🙃🙂🙃

  • @GrandMasterPeep
    @GrandMasterPeep 4 роки тому +5

    My ex would constantly cheat with me leave me home to hangout with friends and convince me that I wasn’t fun to be around and I was a homebody. When they stayed home with me they were “bored”.
    And yes it is dense negative energy and I need to leave it leave them and they are not allowed in my life any longer.

  • @mesaana1112
    @mesaana1112 5 років тому +24

    I got hoovered back in but I just couldn't get over this feeling that he was still seeking elsewhere. So I made a fake dating profile and caught him. Confronted him and he then blamed me for him being a liar and cheat. I dont understand how they can have such a fucked up way of thinking. I got raped and he said I was playing a victim. How could I go back? But I did. I only lasted 2 months of no contact last time but I hope to make it last the long haul this time.

  • @ConsoleControlGames
    @ConsoleControlGames 4 роки тому +43

    This video raised my blood pressure as I reflected lol

  • @TheCharlesFamily1902
    @TheCharlesFamily1902 4 роки тому +20

    What about serial cheating with sex workers? As well as trying to sleep with anyone who gives them the time of day / tries to staet a relationship with someone else even if they aren't interested back all while still sleeping with sex workers?

  • @nayanaramesh1252
    @nayanaramesh1252 5 років тому +103

    Narcs are such a chaotic demons!

    • @razasyeda6054
      @razasyeda6054 4 роки тому +1

      Yup. Nobody’s getting any forgiveness from me. Huh

  • @Bonesbigracks
    @Bonesbigracks 4 роки тому +1

    Yes! He loves the exes. I called it! From the moment I called the first ex "nobody"
    And yes. Forgiveness is golden. His ex moved in for a year. We're still best friends. I asked them both when he denied and she denied...I couldn't stop figuring out. Long ongoing story...so, YOU COMMON EGO! COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT ANY BETTER!! GOOD JOB WOMEN! I will NOT lose. So thank you.

  • @Kiya-me
    @Kiya-me 5 років тому +14

    Oh yes! Do they know about me alright. I'm "batshit crazy", schizophrenic with multiple personality disorder, thief etc, etc according to him that is lol. He ended up cheating in my home on my bed with a guy. Wow! Sadly for the other dude the narc cheated on him with me and vice versa. That was my last straw and the narc hasn't been back since then. The dude he cheated with ended up calling me a few months later, telling me everything the narc had said and done to me was now happening to him. He had been discarded, cheated on, evaluated and he was heartbroken. I told him to listen to UA-cam videos about narcissists, because it saved my life the first time when I realized who the "love of my life" really was. The "dude" called me back a month later and thanked me for the advice. Wow! My heart went out to him. The kicker is that him and I have become good friends and we support each other really well. This has made the narc go insane. Karma lmao!

    • @nicholebrooks9838
      @nicholebrooks9838 4 роки тому

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    • @gremlin9739
      @gremlin9739 2 роки тому

      This channel has been instrumental in putting the last nails in the coffin of my recent break up with a narcissist. I've read a lot about narcissism and definitely saw the character traits that fitted my ex, but this channel and the stories people have shared has made me look back and face the realisation my whole relationship with this man was a lie. We only parted recently, I was discarded, but left hanging while he pretended to be "sorting himself out" and thankfully I didn't attempt to contact him because deep down I knew what was happening and wanted to keep my dignity. I found out through a friend that he was seeing someone new, and he was telling people our relationship was over, (a conversation we'd never actually had.) I was therefore surprised when he began phoning and texting me pretending he was thinking about me and waiting for me to sort myself out before continuing our relationship. I ignored him knowing it was all lies. He kept it up, continually phoning and leaving messages about missing me and asking me to please phone him, all of which I continued to ignore. He finally tricked me into talking to him by using another number. However I was prepared and acted surprised he was bothering. I reminded him how our relationship had been rocky from the start, made out I was over it, had been relieved it was over, telling him he really should move on. He wasn't expecting that and asked if we could be friends, and could he come and pick up his things etc. He lived a fair distance from me so I pointed out the petrol to get here, cost more than the few bits he left were worth. I wished him the best and ended the call. Then fell in a heap!! The truth is I was completely gutted. Before breaking up I had caught him making out on the phone with another woman. I was sick, couldn't eat, couldn't think, literally couldn't function, yet I'd been able to prevent myself running after him when he left, had been able to resist the temptation to answer his continual calls and finally strong enough to present an attitude of indifference while talking to him. I was amazed at my own reserve and strength. I thought that he might now leave me alone, but through researching narc behaviour I realised I might be in for more contact because he didn't get what he needed to hear from me. I hadn't stroked his ego by letting him see how broken I really was. Next tactic was to contact me on the dating site we'd originally met on. He let me know he was going to look for someone else now that we were really over. (Remember he was already in a new relationship as soon as he left.....well maybe not so new..who knows when it started). Anyway, I ignored how comments, and see today he was checking me out again early this morning. This channel has explained a lot, and I'm able to pre-empt his next moves. I have also been able to see I have been taken for a huge ride from the very beginning, nothing was real it was a game to him as he collected hearts to feed his tiny ego. He has a bevy of ex girlfriends who he phones, explaining them away as close friends. None know about each other, and certainly didn't know he was seeing me. Another good site called Narcdaily run by a guy called Andrew who was a victim himself, explains a lot about these types and how dangerous they are. His goal is to have this taught in schools so people are more aware and prepared in advance in any relationships to prevent the devastation these narcd leave in their wake. I'm still struggling....it's only been 9 days..

  • @bengulch
    @bengulch 4 роки тому +3

    Mine was going online and finding people to do things online on cams with, i know not everyone sees this as cheating but personally i did, i gave him one chance, knowing i couldn't trust him again, and yesterday, after 9 months of deciding to stay, we split up

  • @surfshack2
    @surfshack2 4 роки тому +9

    Wow perfectly explained. That was it. Same situation triangulation with ex. There was also the new supply. I was hoovered to come back because the narcissist said she really only wanted to be with me but i didn't bite. Once i saw this new supply with her all over facebook I was hurt and still trauma bonded but i knew i was dealing with a person who can just easily have sex with someone else. I realized how cold this person could be. My internal response was like "You can all go to hell, I'm not becoming a pawn in this game." I knew that no matter how this other person felt, if she felt we still had a chance, once she cheated everything changed. At least that's how i felt on my end. When you cheated you killed any hopes for reconciliation. Assholes they are! I don't need you to be happy, I can figure out how to be happy on my own on my own terms. I'll be damned if i get played with like that. Well, 6 months no contact and no more triangulation in my life.

  • @victoriac.attorneyatlaw
    @victoriac.attorneyatlaw 5 років тому +4

    The first time he cheated, it was right in front of me. We were at an after party and some girl showed up out of nowhere. I felt a really strange feeling in my gut. When he & I left, she left. I mentioned it to him in the car and he denied everything. 2 weeks later, they were dating! I continued to see him even though I was devastated. I went NC 3 months ago after a 10 year on-again, off-again liason. He still texts me but I don't respond.

    • @victoriac.attorneyatlaw
      @victoriac.attorneyatlaw 5 років тому +1

      @@stephanieduncan9023 I appreciate your insight and will definitely keep the number for future.. as for the dude in my story, I dumped him 3 months ago. Now he is doing the hoover and wanting me back! I don't respond to ANY of his text messages or e-mails (he doesn't use social media so no need to block) Best, Vicki!

  • @dinoslazarou3469
    @dinoslazarou3469 5 років тому +8

    she triangulated with people i didnt know whether they were xs or not.. that woke me up pisssed me off and in a way bonded me,,.but they were supplies for sure . she cheated me with my replacement..as soon as i realised i walked away...I gave her the opportunity to discard me *the reason is that i realised that she was a narcissist and the easiest way was tha i had to be discarded and not i to discard her and had to deal with her rage * clever or not i got away....i had several hoover attempts on me and didnt fall except some calls that i replied...1 year narc free and i feel totally free

  • @CommonEgo
    @CommonEgo  5 років тому +173

    *Think you may have had a relationship with a narcissist?* Download the FREE checklist to see how your experience stacks up to the phases of narcissistic abuse: www.commonego.com/checklist

    • @godjususst.pierre7255
      @godjususst.pierre7255 5 років тому +4

      The truth will set u free as the light the son og jusus i will fight the fight and tell god tge son of jusus and jusus the king when he said it time two gow home iam ready

    • @jen4539
      @jen4539 5 років тому +18

      I was married to a narcissist. I didnt know or understand until we divorced. He was busted cheating with one woman years ago, I took him back and made things work, so I thought. Then he was busted again with the same woman 5 years later. I orchestrated the divorce, said everything I wanted to say and am now absolutely no contact. I feel the best I have in years. Thank you for making these videos. I have learned so much and am so much more confident that I was never a crazy person. So much makes sense now. I'm not sure how i can forgive him though. I'm not there yet and we've been apart a year and 1/2.

    • @pukasmom
      @pukasmom 4 роки тому +8

      @@jen4539 Remember that forgiveness is for you not him. I understand what you are saying and I know how much it hurts, I was devastated when it happen to me. But the best thing I did was see it for what it was and forgive. They are who they are, it's not a reflection of us. Aloha

    • @mahaffeylevi5067
      @mahaffeylevi5067 4 роки тому +16

      They just lie an lie. They have a child like mind. If you didn't actually see it then you can't prove it no matter the evidence that points to the obvious.

    • @laurenm9563
      @laurenm9563 4 роки тому +5

      @@jen4539 mine low and behold was with the other woman half the marriage (Coworker). He would come home from work after fuking her, and abuse and control me. Little did I kno she was the main and I was the "side piece." He was treating her way better than me. But he refused 2 leave me for her much less admit he was still seeing her. So now Im cheating until I can get outm

  • @jameschambers3310
    @jameschambers3310 3 роки тому +1

    I love ur videos they and mrs.lizias have been a big help battling a family of narisssist and Court system after 10 years I'm 31 and feel like I'm 91 and about dead

  • @martysykes3221
    @martysykes3221 5 років тому +23

    After having listened to this, there is no telling what my ex has done or who she’s screwed. All I know is that I am done with the female. PERIOD!

    • @CommonEgo
      @CommonEgo  5 років тому +6

      When you're dealing with a narcissist, that's always a good thing. It's not easy, but the healing that's ahead is so worthwhile ❤🙏

  • @teeteetube7239
    @teeteetube7239 4 роки тому +1

    THANK YOU!! EXACTLY WHAT I AM GOING THROUGH.....I NEED HELP! ITS ROUGH

  • @anthonywest2152
    @anthonywest2152 2 роки тому

    Sigh.
    Wife is cheating with 2 neighbor men
    Plus many more.
    Recently dug up her text/call history to find multiple conversations to unknown phone #'s not saved on her contact..
    I'm financially ruined for now .I will overcome and live my life fully .
    Thank you for teaching us .
    I

  • @ap2700
    @ap2700 4 роки тому +2

    All three. And it sounds exhausting tbh. I just can’t wrap my head around how they had time and energy.

  • @aurora-un2km
    @aurora-un2km 3 роки тому +3

    They will murder your soul slowly . I was with my husband 15 years never any proof of affairs , same week I was diagnosed with brain aneyurism , my son got into his unusually unlocked phone, he was in midst of ten month affair , dirty nothing classy , I was in a coma for three weeks he had kids , or fobbed them off to his parents , had started another affair with a single mother he met at cage fighting , he bled us psychologically emotionally and physically . I cant get them years back . I make an impassioned plea to anyone in a relationship like this to run for your lives , they only get worse insidious. They are parasites of your soul.