Narcissistic Sociopath Margot MacCallum

Shannon Thomas, author, proposes six distinct stages for survivors of covert psychological narcissistic abuse. Here, I unpack those stages and suggest Mindful ways to cope with a long and bumpy recovery.

If we try to answer this question through the lens of Buddhist psychology, we could distil the answer down to one word: resistance.

The Buddhist approach is very simple.....catching ourselves the moment we are ‘hooked’. The moment the righteous indignation at wrongful blame, or the anger at criticism, or the humiliation of unkind gossip arises in our being. Catching the need to retaliate with reactive abuse.

Many victims are unconsciously drawn again and again to reconstruct the circumstances in which the original trauma occurred. It is as if the victim tries to re-write the story of their past so that it didn’t happen the way they remember it (as having a devastating and debilitating outcome).

On the whole, narcopaths prey on the kindest, most loyal and generous people. They prey on innocents! You are not to blame!

Why does this site and every other Narcissistic Abuse support site recommend NO CONTACT? Because he gets a buzz out of inflicting pain on YOU.