Sometimes love is not enough

@Notladylike mandated therapy makes sense. Like you mentioned, I’ve read they so rarely go to therapy since part of the symptoms is believing they’re perfect, justified, and everyone else is the problem 😅🤔 As I was replying above earlier, I was trying to imagine how someone with NPD would even go into therapy, except if for some reason they’d been so sloppily destructive that their public image was at stake.🤔 Even though it won’t come up much I should really read more about strategies when working with NPD.

@WhateverWorks It’s very typical to see them in domestic & violence family courts here. There will usually be a motivating factor to attend therapy like the dvo will cease.
I’ve also worked with those that are incarcerated which is a complete waste of time and you may as well bang your head on the wall because all they do is lie when in prison to protect the ego.

@Notladylike I can definitely see how working with the incarcerated would feel like one dead end after the other. They’re not even a position to be honest really even if they wanted to because whatever they have to share falls under the category of things that null their client rights to privacy. 😬

@Spoiledbrat Very true and I think eventually the individual realises that. There is usually a cycle of "love bombing" behaviours if they were always abusive no one would stay. It's basically a trauma bond because the love bombing feels so real until the mask drops again.

@Spoiledbrat Narcissists are clever at seduction and deception. The *target* person doesn't even realize that they are wasting their time and emotion on someone who can't/won't reciprocate.

@SW-User Well said. They're called predators for a reason.

@ServantOfTheGoddess Very true words. Thank you for comments

@Notladylike

@Queendragonfly Love that! Women do need to get in touch with their inner warrior and realise they are far stronger then they know.

@Notladylike Especially in the presence of a strong abusive man. It's a matter of surviving. He's physically stronger but with the right mindset the woman can beat him in his own game.

@MartinTheFirst I’m glad you don’t