Where does the smell come from? The drain-like smell comes from their rotting true self that they sacrificed on the altar of their false self. In simple words, they suppressed and completely dissociated from their true self to the point of having zero awareness of it. But just because they don’t have any awareness does not mean it ceases to exist. The only difference between your true self, your inner child, and their inner child is that their inner child is dead; yours is living. Yes, you are traumatized; you may not be in touch with it, but they can’t get in touch with anything since they annihilated it completely. In my opinion, that is where this smell comes from. All that shame, all those insecurities, everything they do not want to acknowledge combinedly is the primary source behind this pungent, disgusting smell.
What do you think? If you have experienced something like this, drop your experiences in the comments below and help other survivors feel less alone in their journey. This is not a narcissistic thing that is talked about anywhere. This is not a diagnostic criterion, and by talking about it, I do not mean to make it one. This is just an experiential-based thing that I’m doing today, sharing with you what I have personally seen, felt, and smelled with my narcissist father primarily, and what I have heard from others.
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