But here’s the cold, hard truth: there’s nothing to fix. The whole damn thing was built on lies. The charming, sweet, misunderstood person you fell for? Just a mask, a well-rehearsed act designed to pull you in. What’s underneath? Someone who doesn’t give a damn about your well-being—someone who never did.
And once you truly get that, once you stop romanticizing, stop reminiscing, stop waiting for that last-ditch Hoover attempt, you start reclaiming yourself. That’s when everything changes. This is the moment the narcissist never saw coming. They banked on you being stuck in the trauma bond, still craving the version of them they pretended to be. They figured you’d keep replaying the good moments in your head, holding out hope that maybe, just maybe, they’d finally get it and make things right.
But you don’t. Because you see them now. And that’s a terrifying realization for them. Because the second you stop playing their game, they lose all power. They’ll try everything to pull you back in—fake accounts, watching your stories, cryptic posts meant to make you jealous, maybe even a pathetic last-minute “I’ve changed” message. But it won’t work. Because you’re done—really done. And that’s a blow to their ego they’ll never recover from.
They expected you to stay on the shelf waiting. They thought you’d always be available, always hoping, always watching. But you’re not. You’re out, moving forward, rebuilding, living a life where they’re nothing but a bad memory. And the narcissist? Now they’re the ones stuck thinking about you.
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