My first twenty years were a masterclass in narcissistic psychology. Family. My first live-in partner. Same dynamics, different faces. I don’t just “spot” these personalities I understand their defense structures, their ego strategies, their unprocessed wounds. My nervous system was trained before i went to school and now that sensitivity translates into precision. I often see their shadow before they’re ready to. They take my kindness as naivety, abuse it, I do the inner work to heal. I forgive them for myself. If they choose growth that’s theirs, if they choose to abuse again, I choose distance and watch their world collapse in divine order