Cortisol and excess levels of fat in blood break down collagen, which then impacts elasticity of your skin, and that ultimately creates that droopy effect which pronounces those fine lines in your face, making it easier for the narcissist to abuse you, to shame you, to compare you, and to make you think you are really an old, rotten person who deserves to be abused. Your eyes change; they become hollow, there are big eye bags that you never had, or your eyes sink in. It’s as if your eyes are getting directly impacted by the abuse they’re witnessing, and it’s so harrowing to experience that they just want to escape, which is why they go into your skull. It’s a symbolic understanding of what actually happens as a physical phenomenon, but that’s how I interpret it. With high stress level comes high cortisol levels, as you already know, and that triggers a lot of oil production primarily in your face. And guess what does that lead to? Acne outbreaks, acne you never had before. You had very clear, smooth skin, but all of a sudden, you have outbreaks, you have all forms of acne, and no matter what medication you take to get rid of them, you keep having them, mostly when the narcissist does something really horrible, and you’re deeply stressed. There you have a flare-up. Unwanted hair growth is also a thing, primarily in women. Cortisol and its production in the body impact all other hormones, progesterone and estrogen being the two main ones, and then the testosterone levels as well in females, which then leads to an overall imbalance of this cocktail of hormones, and that leads to overgrowth in areas you’re not supposed to have a lot of hair. It does not make any sense, but if you were to understand it this way, you will get a full-on clarity about what happened to you, and you can be compassionate towards yourself instead of shaming and internalizing the shame that was projected on you by the narcissist.
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