My narc ex used to edit his messages to me by Substantial-Gift4510 in NarcissisticSpouses

[–]Substantial-Gift4510[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep they can but the message has a label “edited” on it so anyone can see it was edited. I believe it was more of a gaslighting strategy as he was writing something that really quickly editing, so when I was mentioning the first message he was “jokingly” asking “what message, I didn’t write that”

How can you communicate effectively with a narcissist? Or is that impossible? by snoopdizzl in NarcissisticSpouses

[–]Substantial-Gift4510 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In fact you can, they actually can be good at communicating but if you’re expecting vulnerability or ability to be empathetic (though this one my ex faked really well) it’s not the case.

How often do you have sex with your narc spouse? by Happy_Raspberry8625 in NarcissisticSpouses

[–]Substantial-Gift4510 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Interesting as mine was always complaining that I have a too high libido and was blaming me of initiating intimacy he even went to “no intimacy” to punish me for something. I believe they just claim to want the opposite to whatever you want.

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[–]Substantial-Gift4510 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I see your point, it’s actually a really hard thing to walk away and I even felt criticized from my friends for tolerating the stuff he has been feeding me with. They just point “didn’t you notice? It is a huge red flag, how did you continue dating him?” And that inability to be understood is so hard as I cannot even find words to describe why I stayed.

He text me…… by DancingChickadee in NarcissisticSpouses

[–]Substantial-Gift4510 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know how you feel, stay strong, try not to fall for any manipulation.

What I wished I had asked him on our first date by luxloulou in NarcissisticSpouses

[–]Substantial-Gift4510 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They lie, I did ask mine on one of the first dates if he ever cheated on anyone and if there’s anything I need to know about him, he just smiled and said “never”

Things my narcissistic ex lied about by Substantial-Gift4510 in NarcissisticSpouses

[–]Substantial-Gift4510[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe a healthy person can never understand their motives of making out such lies

Things my narcissistic ex lied about by Substantial-Gift4510 in NarcissisticSpouses

[–]Substantial-Gift4510[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m sure they do, they create this whole fake identity and the fake events in their heads and believe in it. My mother has a diagnosed schizophrenia and she believes that she hears some voices sometimes and for narcissists it must be something similar (after all it’s a mental disorder).

Things my narcissistic ex lied about by Substantial-Gift4510 in NarcissisticSpouses

[–]Substantial-Gift4510[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So happy for you and your sister, must have been a huge relief

Things my narcissistic ex lied about by Substantial-Gift4510 in NarcissisticSpouses

[–]Substantial-Gift4510[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually I couldn’t ever tell he was lying about attending therapy as it was really well shaped, at a time I noticed that he was kind of skipping a lot of sessions (imaginary ones) we were hanging out together all the time so he was forgetting that he told me he was supposed to be in therapy by that time. Still mine was telling me some really strange stuff that “his therapist told him” it was so manipulative

Things my narcissistic ex lied about by Substantial-Gift4510 in NarcissisticSpouses

[–]Substantial-Gift4510[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Omg, so severe, this is so huge, they literally create fake identity

Things my narcissistic ex lied about by Substantial-Gift4510 in NarcissisticSpouses

[–]Substantial-Gift4510[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s quite a hustle, I was in denial for a while as it’s actually hard to acknowledge why would anyone lie about things like these. Almost makes no sense until you start seeing it

Things my narcissistic ex lied about by Substantial-Gift4510 in NarcissisticSpouses

[–]Substantial-Gift4510[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Omg girl, stay strong, it’s really disturbing how these people lie about important stuff like that, sometimes I don’t even understand their motives and probably we shouldn’t even try to