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5 Hidden Tactics Used by the Narcissist to Keep You Stuck on Them Forever

The Secret Reasons Why The Narcissist Will Never Give You Closure

Honor Payne
4 min readJun 18, 2024
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Have you ever been discarded by a narcissist knowing they were terrible for you only to realise you can’t quite let them go?

Or perhaps you’re still in the relationship knowing you should leave but are not quite sure how. Either way, this article will explain why and what you can do about it.

1. Their Warped View of Reality

The narcissist won’t give you closure because they view all people as objects, and what we think of as objects such as money, they view as valuable and irreplaceable.

Just like we would never say goodbye to our mobile phone or tablet when we decide to put it down and stop using it for a while, the narcissist is not going to give anyone the same courtesy when they decide to stop using us.

This behaviour is just part of the narcissist showing you who they are, but it is up to us to believe it and trust what we are seeing.

2. They Are Not Really There

Many of us who have been subjected to narcissistic abuse want the abuser to admit what they have done in acknowledgement and…

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Honor Payne
Honor Payne

Written by Honor Payne

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