"Narcissism and Relationships: You will notice envy. You will notice a severe sense of competition. You will notice that they are passive aggressive. You will notice that they absolutely want you to see them as the expert, as the know all, as the know it all of everything there is to know about just about anything. And if a narcissist ever feels slighted by you, then you become a threat."

"Narcissistic Manipulation Tactics: There's no desire on behalf of the narcissist to know thyself, to know thy true self. Narcissists live through the false self, and they want to believe in this projected false self, the false self that protects them from vulnerabilities, the false self that causes arguments with you, pretends that there is a triangle going on that really isn't going on."

"Personal Growth and Relationships: Because what we need to be doing is evolving and growing and becoming the best versions of ourselves. So we recognize that we are ongoing in our recovery process and that becoming the best version of ourselves, gaining wisdom over time, becoming less reactive, less ego bound, less ego defensive, less reactive."

"Understanding Narcissistic Behavior: Narcissists have done an amazing job at finding a way to be in relationships without actually relating. Their passive aggressiveness, their condescending comments, the way they project and gaslight their victims has all worked to avoid a narcissist from feeling too vulnerable. The narcissist has worked very diligently through love bombing to make sure that you attach to them, but they will never attach to you."

"Understanding Narcissism: You never really know what's going on below the surface of a narcissist, because they have all of these ego defense mechanisms that have been manufactured to keep you at an arm's length."

"Understanding Narcissism: 'When it comes to the narcissist self image, it's important that we recognize that the self image, the false self of the narcissist, has sort of been truly like a mask, that the narcissist has believed would have kept him or her safe from rejection.'"

"Understanding Narcissism: When you reject a narcissist you are basically saying, no, you don't get to abuse me anymore, and essentially I'm not going to be your source of blood anymore. I'm not going to be your source of narcissistic supply, and narcissists cannot regulate themselves without narcissistic supply."

"Narcissistic Retaliation Tactics: They're really looking for sources of narcissistic supply because you have cut them off from their main branch. And so don't be surprised if they call in their flying monkeys, pretend that you're the crazy one, and act completely fine in public even though behind closed doors they're doing everything they can to punish you for rejecting them."

"Narcissistic Behavior Patterns: 'There's not much that they don't do if it's something that comes to their mind.'"

"Understanding Narcissists in Relationships: There aren't many lines a narcissist won't cross once you've triggered them, once they have felt abandoned by you...The narcissist acts like they couldn't care less. How you feel is absolutely irrelevant. They pretend like they're not hurting, and that might be very, very confusing for you also."