Don't Let a Narcissist Ruin Your Health

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  • Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
  • My latest book: Recovering and Healing After the Narcissist is available on Amazon: tinyurl.com/y8... Being married to or divorcing a Covert Narcissist puts us into a state of constant stress that becomes chronic and can cause physical illness. The spouse of the Covert Narcissist is always in a state of heightened alert in the fight or flight mode, the sympathetic nervous system. After years and even decades of living in constant worry, unpredictability, on edge and waiting for the next shoe to drop, the spouse can become physically ill. Sometimes this takes the form of adrenal fatigue where the adrenal glands are no longer producing the cortisol that gives us energy and stamina. In this state you are always tired and feel wired at the same time. It is very difficult to sleep without interruption. After living under the constant stress that a Covert Narcissist causes the spouse's immune system weakens and is vulnerable to getting the flu, chronic colds, etc. Learn to recognize that you are married to a Covert Narcissist and make plans to leave this non-marriage. Create a support system of individuals whom you can trust. You will learn to move into the healing, recovering, calming part of the nervous system, the parasympathetic. Here you experience a sense of peace and ease. You deserve to feel the full richness of your life as a unique individual who has many creative gifts and is traveling a pathway of recovery, healing and transformation.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 142

  • @tbd5082
    @tbd5082 5 років тому +8

    So much inflammation in my body, muscle tension, insomnia, can’t make decisions, feeling stuck. Can’t wait for the divorce to be finalized.

  • @lauraparkes6591
    @lauraparkes6591 6 років тому +16

    40 years and i feel so drained so spent so sad and so misunderstood. This explains everything.

  • @liltsummerlin423
    @liltsummerlin423 7 років тому +59

    He had me so sick I wanted to die... I'm so fortunate my doctor's Finally caught on before I hurt myself..or him.. because I wanted to do both.

    • @astherushcomes27lindsey35
      @astherushcomes27lindsey35 5 років тому +2

      How are you now? I know exactly how u feel. :( I'd love to hear about your journey

    • @mreloo
      @mreloo 5 років тому +3

      @@astherushcomes27lindsey35 40 years for me with my covert narsicist wife..awake only 10 months ...40 years believe that...about the 6th year i came down with autoimmune disease...down hill from there ..bone disease 8 joint replacements among many other illnesses wtf is happening....i had no idea what she was doing to me and she played victim
      nurse maid and stabbing me all the while wow...although one year into dating i snapped on her, called her fake...evil..i ripped my ring off her finger started hitting her ..wtf did i do? i had no idea why i snapped...other than she was making me feel bad about myself...but how? next day i begged forgiveness and thought it was all me...cus she was so sweet, nice...i was to scared to think anything else...i was living in unconsciousness that incident haunted me for years until 10 months ago...then it made sense, in therapy these last few months i learned i had unworthiness trauma from childhood which helped explain why i took so much abuse for so long ...it was familiar. ..

    • @kellyleighread807
      @kellyleighread807 4 роки тому +1

      @@mreloo I do understand. I marriage my mom. By that I mean, that is the same type of behavior for both the ex and my mom. Example: Mom wore nice clothes and I had no shoes. The ex guilted us to gain access to the funds for himself. The "pity me" narc.

    • @pamelacave5515
      @pamelacave5515 3 роки тому +3

      @@mreloo thank you for sharing

    • @mreloo
      @mreloo 3 роки тому +1

      @@pamelacave5515 your welcome...I hope my story helped

  • @pauladsilva9374
    @pauladsilva9374 6 років тому +26

    I stopped eating n sleeping, lost 30lbs and my hair is falling off...😣😣😣
    I was in a constant state of anxiety for 3 years...
    he was very envious of my good physical health and shape ..... and he tried to destroy that too....
    I'm away from him... and I'm taking care of myself and will reverse all that bastard was trying to destroy...
    I hope he rots in hell together with all the other narcs around.

    • @fionam3735
      @fionam3735 5 років тому +5

      Paula Dsilva me too my hair was falling out I had lost weight. Sore neck and shoulders constantly.. the weird thing was when I met him he looked like shit and when I left he looked great and I looked like shit! They suck your life force out of you! We need to work on getting back to health with the knowledge that comes with these narcs! Stay strong your on the right tracks 🙏

    • @mydnaplan2194
      @mydnaplan2194 4 роки тому

      Paula Dsilva experienced ALL these symptoms once the tides turned - losing my hair in chunks, no sleep, even a return of my skin cancer...I was shocked when I started listen to Linda as she also talked about Oxidstive stress... I was introduced to an all natural supplement proven to reduce OS by an average of 40% in the first 30 days in the National Institute of Health. Wow! What a difference this made...along with all the other recommendations to change my environment but I can’t “stress enough”, what a cellular reducer of this problem does to stabilize ones health to effectively seek other avenues of healing - once’s the internal cellular body is being addressed!

  • @patriciajones8467
    @patriciajones8467 6 років тому +43

    Who in the hell are the four people giving a thumbsdown? Oh yea 4 covert narcissist!!!

    • @fifilafleur5555
      @fifilafleur5555 5 років тому +1

      Patricia Jones, you got it!

    • @montelo555
      @montelo555 5 років тому +1

      @@fifilafleur5555 Actually there're 11.

  • @chrisgleeson5367
    @chrisgleeson5367 6 років тому +10

    When Linda says "you can recover", it gives me strength, because everything else she has said has been accurate.

  • @maheratta7889
    @maheratta7889 6 років тому +13

    It’s interesting that you felt you could change these people by educating them. A family member was a narcissistic, gas lighting but very subtle bully. In my journey to learn that I was not the crazy one, I also learned that we can never control nor change another person. We can only change our own reactions to that person and stand up to them and/or drop them from our lives. I understand wanting them to realize the hurt they caused, wanting them to apologize, wanting them to be better and be a family that truly loves one another. It ain’t going to happen! That’s part of being a narcissist, they are never wrong. You’ll be a much happier person if you could just let it go.
    My ...... is a covert narcissist. I prefer the term malignant narcissist as it describes him better. It is an absolute waste of time telling a narcissist what they truly are.
    First of all, they could not care less what you have to say, such as long as they have you as an audience.
    Second, they cannot even begin to fathom the thought they may be flawed, even though they give flawed a new meaning.
    And third, I have had better success reasoning with my dog. I told my father he is a narcissist, and immediately after he went off about something completely different. Spare yourselves the effort, as you will have a more effective conversation with a brick wall.

  • @philippahall2510
    @philippahall2510 5 років тому +8

    This had me in tears, it’s too late for my Mum, she died almost a year ago and now I can’t believe I didn’t know anything about covert narcissist. Now I do and now with tears streaming down my fave with regret at not knowing and not being able to save my Mum from this marriage. She already left one marriage with four children and at the age of 77 she couldn’t do it again, but I can spot the signs now and I am so sorry that I didn’t know better. I saw her everyday and she suffered with alcoholism which got worse the whole time she was with my stepfather. Now he has pretty much turned his back on me since my Mum died and has my brothers fooled. I wish she had made it, she went into hospital on my birthday which is two weeks away now and she never came out. I guess her ultimate victory was to die, and that’s the only way she could take her power back because she didn’t believe she could leave, although now I know there were a few times she hinted and I would have supported her in a shot. Even for me to walk away from someone who has been in my life since I was 10 - 38 years had me fooled too, because you trust these people. It’s so subtle, and it should be a crime. I recognised my Mum had so many near death experiences while she was with him, the last one finished her off. Rest in peace my beautiful Mum, I love you so much and I wish you didn’t have to go, I would have done anything to have got you healthy. Now it’s taking me my time to do it, so I really understand.
    Anyone else in this position and can spot the signs, although it’s not easy, get the hell out of there. Do not let them win and take your health

  • @shirleymadiva6886
    @shirleymadiva6886 7 років тому +57

    You explained my life to the T with this one. I was in narc hell for 33yrs. I'm free now trying to forgive myself for staying soooooo long. Thank you for the help you give to so many. God Bless💕

    • @healingafterthenarcissist8771
      @healingafterthenarcissist8771  7 років тому +14

      Hi Shirley, Thank God you are out of that hell of the covert narcissist. Many of us stay there so long because we cannot recognize what is happening. The covert is so clever at cruel projections and shifting the blame. I celebrate that you are now free and can experience deep inner peace. May God bless you mightily as well.

    • @thansen2034
      @thansen2034 7 років тому +16

      Better late than never Shirley, I stayed for 42 yrs. He was a sneaky snake, got worse as time went by. Been out for 9 months now. It is great! God Bless You

    • @shirleymadiva6886
      @shirleymadiva6886 7 років тому +10

      Andie Kat hello! I just could not take anymore! I was sick to my stomach 50% of the time. Could not sleep under stress. Could not focus. Walking on eggshells all the time. Never knew what to do or say. I planned in silence. My family helped me just leave!! He was furious but l had to go or I'm afraid of what might have happened...l will keep you in my prayers💕 focus on YOU!!!🙏🏽

    • @tacks9115
      @tacks9115 5 років тому +3

      Good for you! I hope you are thriving

    • @judyscheiber3661
      @judyscheiber3661 3 роки тому +1

      I was with a covert narc for 54 years. I understand.

  • @lg8wood
    @lg8wood 7 років тому +56

    This is so true....after 17 years being married to a covert narcissist...My health suffered. I am so thankful to God that I got the strength to leave and divorce him. The best decision ever...I have not looked back!! I am focusing on self love and care! Thanks for sharing this!

    • @theheartsees8752
      @theheartsees8752 6 років тому

      lg8wood 😘🙏🏻

    • @indym375
      @indym375 6 років тому

      lg8wood Wow how did u find the strength was you scared

    • @mydnaplan2194
      @mydnaplan2194 4 роки тому

      Leslie Lalah experienced ALL these symptoms once the tides turned - losing my hair in chunks, no sleep, even a return of my skin cancer...I was shocked when I started listen to Linda as she also talked about Oxidstive stress... I was introduced to an all natural supplement proven to reduce OS by an average of 40% in the first 30 days in the National Institute of Health. Wow! What a difference this made...along with all the other recommendations to change my environment but I can’t “stress enough”, what a cellular reducer of this problem does to stabilize ones health to effectively seek other avenues of healing - once’s the internal cellular body is being addressed!

  • @godsgrace5777
    @godsgrace5777 6 років тому +16

    I have done this and I am soooo sick and filed for social security with no idea why until researching the covert Narcissist. Now I can’t work and barely survive which does not help in my recovery. Get out they want to kill you from the inside out.

    • @fifilafleur5555
      @fifilafleur5555 5 років тому +1

      Cheetos TheCheeseThatGoesCrunch, I think you’re right. They want us dead. I have become very sick.

    • @mydnaplan2194
      @mydnaplan2194 4 роки тому

      God’s Grace experienced ALL these symptoms once the tides turned - losing my hair in chunks, no sleep, even a return of my skin cancer...I was shocked when I started listen to Linda as she also talked about Oxidstive stress... I was introduced to an all natural supplement proven to reduce OS by an average of 40% in the first 30 days in the National Institute of Health. Wow! What a difference this made...along with all the other recommendations to change my environment but I can’t “stress enough”, what a cellular reducer of this problem does to stabilize ones health to effectively seek other avenues of healing - once’s the internal cellular body is being addressed!

  • @HypnoticGlowHypnotikglow
    @HypnoticGlowHypnotikglow 5 років тому +4

    I don't even recognize myself anymore. Couldnt get out of bed for almost a year. Still healing.

  • @andied2510
    @andied2510 6 років тому +10

    I was raised by a severely narcissistic mother and was the scapegoat in the family. Miserable, stressful, sad life. Cancer doesn't run in our family at all but I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer at 28. I married a man who turned out to have many narcissistic traits (big surprise--I married what I was used to) and my cancer recurred at 30 and then breast cancer at 40. I can't help but think that being exposed to narcissism for so long contributed to my health issues. My golden child sister is healthy as a horse as is my narc mom and soon to be ex husband!!

    • @monicatowers5641
      @monicatowers5641 6 років тому +2

      Andie D yes, sadly the Covert Narcissist’s leave a trail of disaster in their wake on many levels to every family member who suffers at their hand!!
      They cause physical and emotional illness to all who are around them while they sleep like babies!!
      They will likely live longer than us, but they will just continue to grow more miserable and pathetic a lot longer!!

    • @Nitya-r86
      @Nitya-r86 2 роки тому

      Oh boy! I'm so sorry to hear about the recurrence of Cancer. I hope you are free from the disease now(reading your comment after three years). Get away from the narcs. Don't give them another chance to ruin your health.
      Cancer runs in my mom's side of the family too, and yes, the family has raging narcissists in plenty!
      Sending you healing energy and best wishes for a safe and healthy future ahead.

  • @gabrielegaven3094
    @gabrielegaven3094 5 років тому +8

    You are sent to mankind for your work is blessed! A true healer and much more. It is an honor to listen to your messages.

  • @bigbeardjefe7202
    @bigbeardjefe7202 6 років тому +10

    I would lay in bed not being able to sleep my narc would be sleeping like a baby

  •  7 років тому +24

    This is so recognizable for me. I was married to a narcissist and have been sick now for years 24/7 with chronic pain and fatigue (Fibromyalgia) plus my other health issues.

  • @tjbon2755
    @tjbon2755 7 років тому +16

    After 23 years of marriage to my narc I filed for divorce, it's been torture being married to him it's now torture trying to get divorced from him, I have been unwell for years, sleep deprived, on egg shells and he was always unpredictable, Jekyll and Hyde, it's been hell. Even now he has his "freedom" he still won't go, he uses our kids to get to me, he says I made him behave the way he did and he hated living with me and should have left me years ago. He had numerous affairs, drank to near alcoholiism, porn and debt, lie upon lie all the time, he hasn't been able to say one truthful thing to me maybe ever. So even now divorcing him the torture continues. Thanks you for your videos. Is what I've said about my narc common? He says it's me that does it.

    • @kaylabryson1932
      @kaylabryson1932 7 років тому +3

      tj Bon yes, very common . It's called "projection". There's info on this also. It's great to learn about .

    • @kaylabryson1932
      @kaylabryson1932 7 років тому +1

      I have become sick through the 35 yrs &had to give up my business, and monthly medical bills very expensive. However God blessed me this year and now covert works out of town a lot. So new plan to become more automounous

    • @tjbon2755
      @tjbon2755 7 років тому +1

      KBB - thank you for your reply, what a truly awful existence it is being trapped with this awful man, I can't even escape through divorce it seems. It is insane making. I hope you get the chance to be free and get well.

    • @fifilafleur5555
      @fifilafleur5555 5 років тому +3

      tj Bon, what you described is pretty typical of their behavior. They will also always flip it to portray the target as the abuser.

    • @mydnaplan2194
      @mydnaplan2194 4 роки тому

      tj Bon all too often:-( incredible... experienced ALL these symptoms once the tides turned - losing my hair in chunks, no sleep, even a return of my skin cancer...I was shocked when I started listen to Linda as she also talked about Oxidstive stress... I was introduced to an all natural supplement proven to reduce OS by an average of 40% in the first 30 days in the National Institute of Health. Wow! What a difference this made...along with all the other recommendations to change my environment but I can’t “stress enough”, what a cellular reducer of this problem does to stabilize ones health to effectively seek other avenues of healing - once’s the internal cellular body is being addressed!

  • @danarchambault8723
    @danarchambault8723 7 років тому +20

    Got out , getting better every day

  • @chrisgleeson5367
    @chrisgleeson5367 7 років тому +22

    Wow. So very accurate. Superb advice. Get out of these relationships asap. Once you get free your whole life will change for the better. Thank you Linda

  • @user-of6um3so3m
    @user-of6um3so3m 6 років тому +5

    That makes sense. I developed constantly swollen ankles, high blood pressure, and arthritis. We are in the process of divorce, but the abuse continues. I'm having trouble not sleeping through the night and brain fog. Can't really work a regular paying job. Can't wait to truly be free of the monster.

  • @blingsugarbaby7923
    @blingsugarbaby7923 7 років тому +12

    Yes, this is so true. I had an eating disorder when I dealt with evil Narcissists in my childhood home and later, in a relationship with a toxic Narcissist.

  • @mrsgarcia7324
    @mrsgarcia7324 7 років тому +15

    5 years and you named all my problomes except I have fibromyalgia too since before marriage. and I've lost 60 lbs. and sexless marriage. all this so true

    • @healingafterthenarcissist8771
      @healingafterthenarcissist8771  7 років тому +3

      Hi Christina, I am sorry that you are going through a painful ordeal as a result of your problems with the covert narcissist. I wish you healing from the fibromyalgia. Be sure to get the rest that you need. One of the most important aspects is to take time for the parasympathetic nervous system by resting during the day if you can. The parasympathetic is the healing, calming restorative part of the nervous system where we rest and repair. Let me know you you are doing and thank you for contributing.

    • @mrsgarcia7324
      @mrsgarcia7324 7 років тому +3

      Healing After the Narcissist thank you for the information I try to rest and have all day to sleep if i want ect... But but i lay here all day and can't sleep

    • @mrsgarcia7324
      @mrsgarcia7324 7 років тому +2

      and the part about worrying all the time about what could happen is so true i play the what if sanarios over and over in my head and at times I'm very upset crying because it feels like the sanario has happened again ..

  • @stevengresham7391
    @stevengresham7391 7 років тому +9

    I had a friend for 17 years,he knows I'm a very private person.After knowing him and seen how many people and friendships he's destroyed along with two long term relationships I decided to move town,during that time I couldn't understand why my old friends would no longer talk to me even my private life was getting out and about on the circuit.Not once did I consider that it was this friend.After 5 or 6 years without contact after leaving the Hospice I was in decided to move back to my home town to see out my life.i contacted this friend told him I was going to move back into my home town.i asked if he could come with me to view an apartment which I liked,he took over total control I told him I liked the apartment but he talked me out of taken the apartment.suddenly when I finally got home I had a lot of messages saying this person would like to swapp my bungalow for his flat that just so happened to be in the same building as this friend one floor above.He told me he would help if I needed help.This person who I forgiven for what he did 5 year's earlier and thought he has changed.Was I so wrong.from day one he told people in the building he wasn't a friend and hardly new me,then he started laying the law down telling me not to talk to anyone in the building and not to have anything to do with my new naibour then he told me to lie to people to cover up all his lies that he was telling people.I lied to cover up his lies.Knowing I I'm not in good health he started dragging me out which made my health worse.I was there just to pay for all his meals and coffee's.Then I would be manipulated into giving him so much money because he kept telling me he can't afford to pay his bills.After finding out he was taken his friends out for meals on my money I told him I can't give him any more money,over the year I found out he was spreading my private life and lies about me.This person I've always known is gay each to them self's but now he started to keep trying to tear off my cloths and constantly going on like we were in some sort of relationship,in his head.i put a stop to that.Then all the threats he made towards me about what he will do and make my life hell.I now know he's destroying my life and reputation with everyone in the building.He treats other people who I introduced him to when he first moved down from London like friends and comes across very nice person only if they are in ear shot.This so called friend has controlled manipulated my life from day one of moving here and now with all his threats that he is carrying out by phoning my medical advisers lieing to them and yet when I try and tell people about what he's doing no one listens.Its now at the stage I just don't know what to do.Hes cunning calculating and people really think he's a nice person.He has no compation for anyone but herself.his vanity is so grate everything is always other people that causes the problems,I even got to the point of constantly phoning him to apologise for what he is doing to me then he so good at making me questions about my own sanity only to realise that he has mental health problems.i saw someone by the lifts they told me this friend is trashing me and now getting people to back him up to make him look like he's the victim.this person asked me if I knew what a narcissus was I told them only what I saw in the Hollywood's movies,I looked the meaning up I was so shocked at what it describes about a narcissus is this friend is a covert vindictive narcissus everything that was written about covert vindictive narcissus has described this friend to the word for word.Hes still destroying me and my life why don't these evil people ever get Cought.

    • @fifilafleur5555
      @fifilafleur5555 5 років тому +2

      Steven Gresham, good question. They seem to get away with all their wicked deeds. No one seems to believe the target in most cases.

  • @leasah1197
    @leasah1197 7 років тому +20

    I am preparing to leave right now.

  • @antoinette8519
    @antoinette8519 7 років тому +7

    Thanks so much for an extremely important and informative video. Unfortunately, I can say I totally relate to getting ill due to dealing with multiple narcissists in my life and especially my malignant narc adult son.
    Being abused by multiple narcissists can make you physically sick. I have suffered from complex PTSD, severe migraine headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, anxiety, depression, fatigue, etc. for years on end. I wish I had understood that being around these emotional vipers can shorten your life. I have been on low contact with my adult who is a malignant narcissist for about six months. On Friday I found out I have breast cancer. Thank God the cancer is at a very early stage and I know I will heal from this. I believe the last three years that have been filled with anger, resentment and despair due to his cruel discard/hoovering have contributed to this illness.
    I will be working through the emotional wounds of my past and healing them so that I can heal the cancer. It is my Higher Power telling me I have to be the priority in my life. Of all the damned things;on Friday night I decided to attend a musical play that I had planned to attend prior to getting the cancer diagnosis. I had just gotten home from a lovely evening during which I tried not to think about the diagnosis. I chose not to say anything to my son about my health since thank God he is in Asia with the military and not stationed in the US. I got home at about 11 pm and checked FB and my malignant narc adult son had just posted a request for prayers for himself! I am sure he has a hang nail or butt itch that is so important so had to send out a prayer request!!! Narcs love to get attention and they love to use the pity ploy. I am so glad I chose to stay quiet about my diagnosis since he would have made my diagnosis a pity ploy for himself somehow. I have been through two health scares before (not cancer) and he had absolutely no empathy for me and was even annoyed that I was falling down on the job of serving him!! I certainly do not need that from him now so I will keep my own counsel. I have reached out to some people who will be helping me with pet walking, grocery shopping, etc. I feel very blessed, spiritually guided and very supported. I feel very much at peace. Thank you for allowing me a safe place to share.

  • @maxwellbernstein9235
    @maxwellbernstein9235 7 років тому +13

    My narc tried to kill me with a known carcinogen brought home from their work. I did get cancer. I've had chemo, surgery and now more cancer and more surgery. I was also poisoned by benzodiazepines because of the stress. I am in a 2 year taper. I am disabled, I cannot work, I can't walk, I fall, I vomit all the time. This has literally been hell.

    • @healingafterthenarcissist8771
      @healingafterthenarcissist8771  7 років тому +14

      Hello Maxwell, I am very sorry about the horrendous experience you have gone through. Thank you for commenting here. We are with you and wish you healing and recovery. You deserve it as well as inner peace. Take very good care.

    • @Neneham1966
      @Neneham1966 7 років тому +4

      Maxwell, there are several UA-cam videos about cancer and emotions. It would t hurt to take a look at them. You can heal. Wishing you all the best.

    • @mydnaplan2194
      @mydnaplan2194 4 роки тому +1

      Maxwell Bernstein have you heard about all natural NRf2 activation for not just oxidative stress but the studies on cancer in the National Institute of health? Praying for healing for all of us experiencing these horrible co sequences🙏

  • @sharonanderson6926
    @sharonanderson6926 7 років тому +9

    I was Married to one for 23years.never go back

  • @tbd5082
    @tbd5082 5 років тому +6

    Narc gave me the gift of anxiety and panic attacks.

  • @bookmouse770
    @bookmouse770 6 років тому +11

    Leave the spider!, go to a gym, eat wholeistic plant based diet No sugar and heal yourself.

  • @joseenoel8093
    @joseenoel8093 5 років тому +2

    It's a wonder we have even any health at all! Nope never thought there was anything wrong with me. I've always said: "Anyone who goes into a marriage without a head's up on what might, can and probably will happen has had their head in the sand!". Not much fun playing hard ball. Hubby's ok and now, thanks to these fab UT vids, I can call him out on his absurd 'expectations'. I've been a stay at home mom for 24 yrs now. Last thing I ever imagined.

  • @danielle6374
    @danielle6374 7 років тому +8

    Exactly what I said to my doctor yesterday after 17 years. That's a long time I didn't really live my life.

  • @reneemorgan3144
    @reneemorgan3144 5 років тому +5

    This is so very true. Thank you for sharing this. Im the only daughter of a covert narc mother. I have had Thyroid cancer on the right lobe and the remainder of Thyroid has Hashimoto's disease. I also have Fibromyalgia. As im finding out, this has a direct result of staying in this toxic relationship. Im 57 and have gone no contact with my convert narc mother for 9 months. Its not easy, but it does get better. Im glad im still here to talk about it. No contact is the only way.

  • @j.t.williams126
    @j.t.williams126 7 років тому +9

    It can really be hard to tell the difference between a drug addict and a person with real NPD. I believe the only way to tell is to know how they are when they have recovered from addiction or how they were before the addiction, and to be able to answer the question, "Without the drugs, are they like this? Do they have empathy?" If you don't know, these addicts exhibit the same exact traits of a malignant NPD person.

    • @j.t.williams126
      @j.t.williams126 7 років тому +3

      Neither is acceptable.

    • @Neneham1966
      @Neneham1966 7 років тому +4

      Marie they may be sober but they're also sick mentally.

  • @bigbeardjefe7202
    @bigbeardjefe7202 6 років тому +3

    OMG I'm crying I was dying while living with my narc everything and I mean everything you talked about in your video I was going thru. No sleep pain sick loss of appetite I lost 100 lbs I was wasting away. I thought I was crazy I was with my narc for 8 yrs living out of my suitcase. I would not put my clothes away because I had one foot always out the door.

  • @lollypopnarcy7585
    @lollypopnarcy7585 4 роки тому +2

    Linda, you better believe me: I am so glad I am out of that hell. "Only" five months. I feel good now. Thanks a lot for your informative videos.

  • @fionam3735
    @fionam3735 5 років тому +4

    Linda I love that you add in positivity at the end because it can get pretty depressing co parenting and divorcing one of these non beings x

  • @padminipeterson8849
    @padminipeterson8849 3 роки тому +2

    Very correct I already tasted the freedom happiness recovered from my ill health and iam enjoying my life without covert narcissist people thank god

  • @reynamaldonado8082
    @reynamaldonado8082 3 роки тому +2

    I love your videos....your information it is so much healing to my soul ....I wish I would have known this 43 years ago when the narcissist groomed me at the age of 15 and he was 21... I am healing slowly emotionally physically.... Glad. I left him.... it is like living with a devil.. God is good ty

  • @nicholeconover2014
    @nicholeconover2014 7 років тому +10

    OH my God I thought I was going crazy for the last five years I walked away I had none of them problems ever since I even went to the hospital twice cuz he was giving me something was putting it in my tea in my coffee he was the worst I feel great now thank you

    • @healingafterthenarcissist8771
      @healingafterthenarcissist8771  7 років тому +7

      Hello Nichole, I am sorry about your horrible suffering and the terror of it. Glad to hear that you feel great now. Keep on now and don't look back. Lead the life that you deserve

    • @nicholeconover2014
      @nicholeconover2014 7 років тому +3

      Healing After the Narcissist Thank you lam not CRAZY

  • @stevengresham7391
    @stevengresham7391 7 років тому +5

    my friend is thought,for a year now my intuitive nature was telling me something is seriously wrong,at first little peaces of my life was being spread about that could only have come from my friend,I asked if he was spreading rumours,for 17 years I've always known he's a very good liar and good at covering his tracks when he causes trouble with people.He then started telling me that when he looks into a mirror he hates what he is and what he is becoming,then he would say things like he's stalks people he falls out with.Hes grate at manipulation.He would always complain about not having money to pay his bills,his phone calls would drive me crazy and I started giving alot of money,and finally I told him I can't give him any more money.After that he would phone me everyday playing mind games driving me crazy and like an idiot I would always phone him back to apologise for what he is doing to me I then realised he is playing me off against my naibour.i found this sight on the covert vindictive narcissus and I was shocked to read that everything about covert vindictive narcissus do is actually he is doing to me.Ive now not got any friends left because he's suddenly forming his group of people who will lie for him . what I was reading was like I was writing it all myself everything it says is what he is and does.im ashamed to admit that I'm a severe victim of this covert vindictive narcissus,I phoned him and told him I need a brake from him and I would talk when ready hoping that would be the end of it,it has only made him worse by spreading so much gutter gossips and information on my health.10 days he went to Spain and all was grate I started to feel calm the day after he got back he's even worse and now he's becoming very scary.He trying to drive me out of my mind I can't move and he lives one floor down from me I don't feel safe and I don't have anyone to talk to because he's destroyed all my friendships with other people.Im so desperate will this ever end.

    • @fifilafleur5555
      @fifilafleur5555 5 років тому

      Steven Gresham, yes!!! That’s what they do... destroy your relationships where you have nowhere to turn for support. It happened to me.

    • @malubasic2267
      @malubasic2267 5 років тому

      I have read a book A SMART WOMAN KNOWS WHEN TO SAY NO by Kevin Leman. He very good advice for protection. Please make sure you are safe... find a new place, inform the police and close people, ask help from a reliable male figure.

  • @kristine8338
    @kristine8338 5 років тому +1

    I had a good plan. My supportsystem sucked. I kept concentrating on myself and my three children. Put yourself first, it is true and the only way out... the Belgium social system helped me out. And the Jews saved me too ✡️

  • @CHRISTChrysalisInManhaim
    @CHRISTChrysalisInManhaim 5 років тому +5

    Such a sweet educational woman... thank u kindly

  • @juliecaskey5216
    @juliecaskey5216 7 років тому +7

    So sweet. Thank you.

  • @privateprivate8366
    @privateprivate8366 5 років тому +2

    It’s a shame. Although my covert narcissist mother was likely married to a classic narcissist during her 3rd marriage, even if we knew anything about narcissism back then, she’d have never left him. He’d made a bit of a name for himself in his field. For her, for that, being that it was her 3rd marriage, that she finally had property, she’d have never left him.
    Sadly, because she has nowhere to offload the feelings of her true self, now that he’s gone and life didn’t turn out as she planned, I am her main target and she is gunning for me.
    Fortunately, I’m armed with education regarding narcissism now, thanks to you and other YT channels and I don’t live with her either. If I did, it would be an absolute MESS as I would respond in a pretty nasty way and she’d likely threaten to put me in the street, every time I didn’t either do as she says, not take off from work as she needed it simply appear to be content for a moment as, contentment would mean laziness.

  • @nmh4420
    @nmh4420 7 років тому +8

    Thank you! i've recognised so much..

  • @taleenarts
    @taleenarts 4 роки тому +3

    My step mom is doing this to my 88 year old dad I cant save him. I try and make suggestions and she deliberately abuses him more. He is so gentle and sweet but now shies away from human touch as she is abusing his vulnerable fragile body. I cant seem to convince my siblings, her flying monkeys and gas-lighters. I cant save my dad as he is so fearful- perhaps has Stolkholm syndrome. 'Im almost able to get out to save myself, like you mention, and go no contact from the whole family.

  • @ingevandegehuchte
    @ingevandegehuchte 3 роки тому +1

    Halo , ... :-)
    Anno 20-20 and Able to now Overview the Whole !
    Much Gratitude for your shared Wisdom ,
    even as one of the last Authentic " coach , uplifiting guide " presence online ,
    as even Now most of those " Narc Coah " channels are one themselves !!
    Because what you shared is So True ,
    and yet to cause a sudden river of tears once more as well ,
    because then to realize that Our yourney was such a Lonely Quest to Overcome ( mine got activated at the End of 1999 ) ,
    as seemly a Silence Worldwide exist within even the so called " Aid " fields !
    So thus , everywhere I knocked ,
    a same Denial was the answer : don't know about ( malignent ) Narcisisme , mysogeny nor Psychopathy ... ?
    Or a Worldwide ' Gas lighting " mentality ,
    even in shelter houses , courts & money hungry laywers ,
    as merely to maintain this Horrendous mechanism of x% being the Prey ( even set blind , set asleep ) and x% the Predators ( Vampires , zombies , whatever ... ! As it also means Big $$$ Business
    Thus more worse then in the Fauna/Animal Dome ,
    because Here each specie has its Original form ,
    meaning that a Gazelle shall be aware ( well prepared , guarded ) of the Existence of a bloodthirsty flesh consuming Cheetah , etc etc
    And so what they did ( humanoid predators ) is Surely the Unpardonable Sin ,
    or a very cowardly warfare they commit as to become or stay the Ruling specie/race and whom We must obey ... !??
    However ,
    as many I Too survived this Horror story ,
    being truly a Miracle ,
    although left with scars ,
    a more disabled body ( severe Hernia complexity , over sensitive neurons ) ,
    a cut out womb ,
    even the own birthed out Life brutal cut out of my life /sight ( pweh !!! ) ,
    but ! our truly Caring Parents being the Most High ,
    pulled us through as We are not the Flesh body ( Phantom realm , the Fall ) !
    Being a Spirit / their sprouted out Fruit of Life whilst then misled as well like " Adam & Eva " , thus We too apparently had to undergo the Raw Truth about this realm !
    Wheat vs weed , God's vs the Serpent ( feathered fallen one , dragon ) seed
    Also the reason We had to Undergo this crual ( Apocalyps ) yourney is to Avoid to let us Fall in Love with this realm as well ,
    because that means to get glued/melted onto the Broad Way ( Babylon ) ,
    which as like the previous Time frames within the same Loop ( Cobra Coil ) shall be Erased/Wiped Out once more or the whole of it foreverThrown into the Abyss or reduced onto Ashes !
    See also already the Fierce behavior of " Earth , Gaia " itself ,
    or to Undergo its Own Purification/ Resurrection out of the Chaos , Con-fusion & Curse manifested by the Fallen Ones !
    Including also as a proof or to be a Witness ,
    that x% amongst us ,
    then rather shall be set onto the ~ * Christos * ~ Path ,
    saved out of Walhalla ,
    and then step upon step ( each layer , each level a more Intense Purification/Refinment process ) on the Divinely manifested Rescue Ladder ,
    and back onto Zion or Nirvana ( ~ * Eden * ~) where We truly belong ,
    as how it Was always Meant to Be so from the Beginning ... !
    Whilst still Physical still present ( or visible ) within this Fallen realm ,
    able to still Feel Joy , Bliss at Heart at Simplicity ,
    but ! no longer to be the Naieve Butterfly or Fairy so to speak ,
    because at this Momentum the Cats & desperate Vampires being the majority , including a worldwide spread out Babylon lifestyle , ... !
    And why ? because they deny the Existence of the Most High ,
    ~ * YaHU * ~ and mainly believed the misleading yet so tempting promise of the Devil ( wicked serpent ) that in its garden then one to be his/her own ~ god ~ existence yet such a Lie !
    As then truly to become like an apple which fell or jumped off from the Glorified Living Tree & with the Inevitable destiny to rotten & then completely to Perish within the soil , abyss ... !
    Akin as like what was the message of the Movie '" Avatar "
    Feel Free to Believe or Not in the Story of " Adam , Eva " ,
    which is ~ * Christos * ~ in their Pure form ,
    and may All Prevail as well ,
    or able to Resurrect out ( 3th Temple promise Not made by Stones nor Bricks ) of the Temporary Sleep ( grave ) phase and Out of Here , :-)))
    Que Sera Sera ,
    Carpe Diem ,
    ~ * ~
    I.
    PS / We Are the Anointed ones to May Rule Over the Beasts ( humanoid form ) ,
    even to may crush the Serpents & Scorpions without mercy ... aka Unclean poison things ! ;-)

  • @makaylahollywood3677
    @makaylahollywood3677 4 роки тому +3

    Dr Martinez, thank you.

  • @almajohnson3824
    @almajohnson3824 4 роки тому +2

    5 months with his mother's help I realize that he was a narcissist totally disrespectful to his mother March I was really from All the Above a personality disorder as a whole

  • @gracieambrosio4967
    @gracieambrosio4967 6 років тому +15

    Can you mention relatives that are narcissist, because sometimes we come to hear this but if you had a sibling or mom or dad narc, it is hard to relate.And one question: do you think a narcissist sibling can hurt physically?like put the victims life in danger?

    • @boatman8736
      @boatman8736 6 років тому +5

      Gracieli Ambrósio :yes they can my sister tried

  • @GaveMeGrace1
    @GaveMeGrace1 4 роки тому +2

    Thank you- how am I going to explain to my dentist after this 3+ year absence. ‘Hello, my name is Hamlet, and I’m addicted to chocolate.’ Has a certain ring to it; better than worse alternatives.

  • @indym375
    @indym375 6 років тому +6

    Omg I'm screwed I don't know if he is one or not but I have all these symptoms that you're saying

  • @belindasmith8735
    @belindasmith8735 2 роки тому +1

    My ex husband was a very abusive covert ..I left and divorced him..he use to tell me all the time how crazy his ex wife was..even his friends agreed!! Of course she went crazy!! Caused by him! She's been in and out of phyc wards..I feel very sorry for her...even to this day..I heard many things that were very bad..

  • @mariamkinen8036
    @mariamkinen8036 5 років тому +1

    Linda. The narc aimed at ruining my health. The worry, grievance that mum expressed since all the efforts that had been taken by my birth doctors n my physiotherapist . All the achieved results ruined in one swoop. My prognosis to learn to walk was expected to happen in time. I never lived in marriage. I understand you are referring to my family. Where is my ex?

  • @mariamkinen8036
    @mariamkinen8036 6 років тому +2

    They already have. I have no personal private anatomy. Feminine beauty. That's what they aimed at. Tens of ppl against one. I need my walking back. Thanks.

  • @novasummer888
    @novasummer888 7 років тому +7

    Very true. Thank you

  • @mariamkinen8036
    @mariamkinen8036 4 роки тому +2

    It has already occurred. I need a reversal surgery. I repeat . I need a reversal surgery. This is repetitive gas lighting. My mind is sound n clear. What about you?

  • @user-jk4qb4ho3q
    @user-jk4qb4ho3q 3 роки тому +1

    You are amazing thank u . Judith

  • @danarchambault8723
    @danarchambault8723 5 років тому +2

    Still getting better , no more soul sucking psychopaths, i can even joke about , got a straw

  • @mariamkinen8036
    @mariamkinen8036 5 років тому +1

    The crime of battering has ruined my health. The coils press n pinch by computer management . I can sit lie down n crawl. The state of our psyche leads to somatic symptoms. I wish my life safe .

  • @janedeakin9286
    @janedeakin9286 5 років тому +1

    Brilliant

  • @alanbrace6392
    @alanbrace6392 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you thank you thank you

  • @dragonstaye4557
    @dragonstaye4557 4 роки тому +2

    Chronic Adrenal Fatigue IS Adrenal Exhaustion.

  • @TEALEMPRESS888
    @TEALEMPRESS888 4 роки тому +1

    Wow, this explains everything

  • @thomaszone7027
    @thomaszone7027 4 роки тому +3

    Healing?
    Is it really possible?
    I appreciate your video but I don't think it's possible. Damage is done!

  • @claudiabannister6414
    @claudiabannister6414 Рік тому

    ~💜💜💜~ heart filled with gratitude for you.

  • @mariamkinen8036
    @mariamkinen8036 6 років тому +2

    I believe I may have become manipulated ( chemically)by shrinking many of the endocrine glands... n organs... thanks so much...

  • @mariamkinen8036
    @mariamkinen8036 4 роки тому +2

    This I do not understand. The coils do all the harm , which has nothing to do with the narc abuse recovery . A reversal surgery is pivotal. This sounds like shunning. I wasn't in a relationship as such . I had his baby.

  • @faridaaali3122
    @faridaaali3122 6 років тому +3

    This is so true I'm going to thru this

  • @conquernremind408
    @conquernremind408 4 роки тому +2

    only God knoows the narssist shove me into psychotric multiple times

  • @thomaszone7027
    @thomaszone7027 4 роки тому +2

    Too late. It's already ruined ...

  • @marmaladesunrise
    @marmaladesunrise 5 років тому

    Excellent...

  • @nayanaramesh1252
    @nayanaramesh1252 5 років тому

    Thanks dctr.

  • @faridaaali3122
    @faridaaali3122 6 років тому +6

    I am already so ill becus of this pls help I need advice I have bee marrid for 31 year I have been a gud loving house wife n a mother all thru marriage I have been confused to as wat is this man is does he have a disorder now I'm sure he is a naccicisst bt stiil not sure bt I will stiil tell yu 1,his controling it's always about him wat matters to him wat he want how he feel I'm nothing to him my feeling dors not count 2 he is different at home monster has a different self image outside 3 he use ti be a womaniser his a lie always lie about everything n anything 4,anything yu do for is not gud enug 5 his never wrong his never at fault it's always yu fault

    • @faridaaali3122
      @faridaaali3122 6 років тому +4

      6 . his abusive gets angry over little things 7 . he never takes any responsibility towards home etc an oh yes he does not like criticism he has a big ego his very munipulartiv n so called pls is this a disorder of a naccicisst

    • @raccuia1
      @raccuia1 6 років тому +3

      Farida Aali, with 100% certainty what you described is that of a very very very sick narcissist. So if you were in doubt before if it was narcissism, have no doubt now. Take Dr Linda's advice and immediately get this pile of garbage 100% out of your life. To stay with him any longer will be a huge mistake by you. Even though you feel worn down you will be amazed at how much strength you have inside you to make the move away from him. Look at yourself in the mirror, grit you teeth, become angry and get away from him.

  • @malubasic2267
    @malubasic2267 5 років тому

    Thank you so much Dr Lewi

  • @sharonanderson6926
    @sharonanderson6926 7 років тому +4

    Amen

  • @nmh4420
    @nmh4420 7 років тому +2

    what do i do when i can not go no contact because we have the care of our son to share en he is playing games with that. His revenge is being played out through my son.

    • @liesbethdevries4986
      @liesbethdevries4986 7 років тому +3

      nardy harbers Learn about the disorder, go low contact, grey rock method, parallel parenting. Look on youtube for Thrive after abuse, Richard Grannon, and a lot others more who will validate and help you in your ways to break free. I broke loose for 13 months with two kids. Be your genuine you towards your child. Be that strong mama and get help from psychologists knowing the narcissistic victim syndrom.

    • @nmh4420
      @nmh4420 7 років тому +1

      thank you so much for responding

  • @mirib5007
    @mirib5007 4 роки тому +2

    Why call it “covert”. That means it’s hidden, right? Seems like it should “overt” narcissist.

  • @mariamkinen8036
    @mariamkinen8036 5 років тому

    It has happened whether I want it or not!!!! The bacteria eat muscles. To cause fat paresis.

  • @mariamkinen8036
    @mariamkinen8036 6 років тому +1

    I have no personal private anatomy due to having become severely battered. I had no relationship . This is a crime by chemical means. He would've aborted . I never was married . We had an agreement on my baby. My ex is a mean man.

  • @mariamkinen8036
    @mariamkinen8036 5 років тому

    Have no privates.

  • @tammyreynolds6094
    @tammyreynolds6094 5 років тому

    I love the content, but I don't believe "adrenal fatigue" is a real diagnosis. The adrenals do not get fatigued. The two ends of the spectrum are Cushing's Syndrome and Addison's Disease. Being under stress (though that stress is very real) does not have this kind of effect on the adrenal glands.

  • @billbertrand7751
    @billbertrand7751 5 років тому

    WOW