'Every gambler knows that the secret to survival is knowing what to throw away and knowing what to keep' The Gambler by Kenny Rogers

Systematic denigration is a high stakes poker game with your sanity. The deliberate acts of diminishing returns for the victim are traumatic and disastrous and, in many cases, lives entirely ruined by this cruel intended play, with your emotions, with your mind, with your physical safety and even with your finances. You are playing against a card shark and a cheater. When the stakes are high, and the chips fall, your odds are not good. It's not a fair game. Not because he's a better player, but because you don't know what the narcissist is doing under the table.

I call it the gamblers game because, just like...

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