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Do parasitic predators know
that they’re parasitic predators?
In the aftermath, our pain is colossal.
Spinning in among all that pain
is a question that, if answered,
carries much of our recovery with it.

While talking with people in guided recovery sessions, often- when a level of awakening to what happened and why reaches a certain place, I’m asked a major question. That question is: Do they know…do they know what they are?

It’s gratifying and a relief to hear this question, because this question is a sign that the person I’m supporting in taking back their life has made a massive breakthrough. Here in this article, I’m going to give my two-cents, but more importantly, I’m going to let one of these nut bags answer that for you.

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Leaving a narcissistic user is no ordinary breakup.
It’s an escape from terror, abuse, and harm.
Five steps ensure safety in the break up from hell.

The breakup is up to us. Let’s hear that again because it’s hard to believe: the breakup is up to us. When disengaging from what we thought was the most amazing relationship ever, that has turned into pain and something scarier than we have words to describe, the end of it – breaking away – is up to us.

Predators use and take, not because they’re allowed to, but because of what they are and therefore, it’s what they do.

Once you’ve left that person you’re calling a “narcissist” and wondering what they are exactly – and likewise if you’ve landed on calling them a sociopath – there’s one thing for sure: If you’re still trying to be friends with them or calling them up or answering their messages, you’re putting yourself in danger. The end, is up to us. We end it; they do not.