I have read over and again about Cognitive Dissonance, yet this is something that I never really ascribed to my own experiences with narcissists. In some ways, my situation has been somewhat unique, which is why it took so long for me to see the pattern that I have read and learned about, in my own life. It wasn’t until a few days ago even that I understood that I had also gone through a love bombing, gaslighting, systematic denigration, and then discard with many narcissists until this last week.

I have educated myself extensively on narcissism, yet, here I am, only genuinely understanding what happened to me, for the first time. I’ve listened to hundreds of examples and heard many stories, but none quite described my experiences, so I dismissed them, while still believing that in some ways I ha...

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