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When someone you love (or at least deal with on a regular basis) displays a toxic amount of narcissism, life can feel impossible.

In fact, many victims of narcissistic abuse find themselves affected for months or years even after the abuse ends.

If you ask me, being in a relationship with a narcissist feels a lot like running your head into the same brick wall, over and over. And despite the fact that it gets bloody and beaten, you don't stop. You just keep running your head into the wall, hoping to get through it (and make it happy) - and while you logically realize, eventually, that there's no breaking that wall down, and that the wall is not capable of change, something in you makes you keep hitting the wall, bloodying your head and hoping for different results.

When you look at it that way, it seems literally insane, right? After all, the definition of insanity is to keep doing the same things but to expect different results.

But in the case of a narcissist, it's not as simple as a brick wall. It's a convoluted mess!

And, if you're stressed or upset about anything, the narcissist will do whatever he or she can to make it worse - right?

So, for example, you're standing at the edge of a cliff (a metaphor for your stress) with a narcissist. The narc has two choices - grab your hand and save your life or push you over the edge. You know what's going to happen, right? The narcissist will choose to push you over the edge EVERY TIME.

Okay, so I've got good news, and I've got bad news. You can learn to self-manage the stress and anxiety - but you can't count on a narcissist to help. In this video I'll explain it all to you - and I'll teach you how to cope.

Also, check out this 2-minute coping technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4_elAo9AAg

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What do you do when you can't stop crying? When it hurts so much you just can't function? How do you stop focusing on emotional pain you can't control?

This technique can be used to self-soothe almost any kind of emotional hurt - at least enough to allow you to get back to the business of functioning normally enough to keep going.

I don't know about you, but emotional pain in general can really slow me down. Whether you're involved in a toxic relationship with a narcissist or not, this quick two-minute technique will help you to relieve your emotional pain - and fast.

Narcissistic abuse can lead to its victims becoming paralyzed. When you feel the kinds of emotions that make your stomach hurt, your throat tighten and the tears pour, you won't be much good to anyone - especially yourself.

This coping technique has worked for me in the worst of times - and today, I'm demonstrating it for you in this quick video . Watch as my own emotional pain is soothed right between your eyes.

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Narcissists and the False Self: The Real-Life Jekyll and Hyde of It All

"Why do I still feel like I love him?"

"She is so awful; what makes me think she's ever gonna change?"

"He abuses me constantly, but I still feel like I want to be with him."

These statements have all been made to me repeatedly by people who are involved with toxic narcissists in relationships.

So often, I hear my clients lament the loss of their narcissists - not the toxic person they currently know, but the person they thought they'd known - or the person they believed they were involved with.

This has become such a regular thing that I thought it was time to address the issue for you here.

Are you experiencing this painful part of the toxic narcissistic cycle? Are you tired of being gaslighted, tortured and generally manipulated by someone you thought loved you? Do you miss him or her even though they've destroyed your self-esteem, not to mention your life? If so, you might be experiencing cognitive dissonance due to the false image the narcissist initially presented to you - and this video can help you to begin to understand that it's REALLY not you this time. You're not crazy or broken.

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If you aren't sure that you're dealing with a toxic person, it'll help you to know how to identify a narcissist. This quick video will help you to understand if know a narcissist - and to understand that you're not crazy. This time, it really ISN'T you - it really is the toxic person who's gaslighting you, mentally and emotionally.

Discovery of the problem and acknowledgement of the problem is always the first step to resolving it. Next up is understanding it.

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Evil Step Monster: How Abusive Narcissist Step Parents Affect Kids (And What You Can Do to Help)

The mythical "evil stepmother" or "evil stepfather" isn't so far off when it comes to dealing with a narcissistic step-parent. We all know some amazing people who are the best step-parents they could be, right? But what happens when you're dealing with a toxic step parent?

What if your step-mother or step-father (or narcissistic spouse) is a toxic narcissist? What does that mean and what happens next? This is what we're talking about today.

I'm starting off by answering a question from two YouTube viewers named Nikki B and 57goku who ask:

"Can you do a video on narcissists and step children?"

This is my response to that question - and on how you can help your child go from being a victim of narcissistic abuse and to becoming a survivor - and I'll tell you the one most important thing you should focus on if you want to help your child stay healthy or get healthy again after the abuse. Plus, I'll fill you in on the long-terrm effects.

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You may have heard of the gray rock method before, especially if you know you're dealing with a toxic narcissist. But you may not realize that there's a very real danger in using this technique - and it isn't what you suspect (it doesn't have anything to do with the narcissist directly!).

In this video, I'll explain what the gray rock method is, and I'll tell you who invented it - plus, I'll offer tips and ideas on using the method to communicate effectively with a narcissist - plus I'll fill you in on what the dangerous part of the gray rock method really is - and how you can avoid it.

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Affirmations to help soothe your aching soul.

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Answered: Your Questions on How Narcissists Affect Their Kids

In today's episode of Go Ask Angie, I answered a viewer question relating to narcissists and how they affect their children.

"YouTuber August Greenwell said: Could you please explain a bit more about the effect of "kid issues" and how they relate to one becoming narc-bait? And could birth order play a component? Thanks ahead of time, Augs"

Most of us are already aware that narcissistic parents refuse to respect or even acknowledge their children's desires.

If you're co-parenting with a narcissist, for example, you may watch him or her promise your kids the world, in order to get what he/she wants from them, and then refuse to honor the promises. He may even directly blame the kids for his refusal, such as inventing a reason to punish them.

The kids of a narcissist are often forced to miss out on events like birthday parties, little league games or other activities that are important to them in order to accommodate the narcissistic parent's wishes.

And before long, if you're co-parenting with a narcissist, your children will learn that what they want is just not important.

In the Go Ask Angie series, I respond to questions, comments and concerns sent to me by my YouTube viewers, readers from my QueenBeeing.com site and those who reach out in other ways, such as by email.

Learn more at http://queenbeeing.com. Get my books at http://booksangiewrote.com and pick up your free 5-day fear-busting email course (especially designed for narcissistic abuse survivors) at http://narcissismsupportcoach.com.

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Top 10 Ways to Torture a Narcissist: How Sociopaths and NPDs Inflict Trauma and Emotional Abuse

Can't Go No Contact? Okay. Then I'll show you How to Torture a Narcissist in 10 Easy Steps.

Sometimes, you're STUCK with a narcissist. Whether you're stuck because you're co-parenting, because of money or because you're still working on getting out, the fact remains that you're unable to go no-contact. So when that's not an option, what can you do? You can't leave. You can't go no-contact. You might not even be able to sleep in a different bed.

But in any case, you're done being gaslighted, manipulated and emotionally abused. You have done everything you can to make things better, but you're still getting the short end of the stick. So, if you want to torture and torment a narcissist and control him or her, here's what you do. Take these ten steps, and understand that you WILL (at least temporarily) be able to throw the narcissist off balance enough to make him or her slow down on the mental torture coming your way. And maybe, you'll get him or her to do what YOU want for once.

Fair Warning: You need to know that while this information can be useful, there's such a thing as karma - and maybe you don't want to do this. The fact is that two wrongs don't make a right. With that being said, I get it - sometimes, you just want to make a narcissist feel the way he or she makes YOU feel - to give him a taste of his own medicine. Maybe that's because you think it'll help him get a sense of empathy - but it won't, at least not for long. However, it WILL cause him to be under your control for a period of time, so if that's what you want, watch this video at your own risk.*

*Only halfway joking about the "at your own risk" part.

Want to thrive after abuse? Knowledge is power my friend.

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Today's episode of Go Ask Angie is OUTRAGEOUS - not only am I providing answers to two mothers who were left by narcissists during pregnancy, but between these narcissistic fathers, there are literally 12 children who have to deal with it - plus, one of the mothers was replaced by...wait for it...her own TWIN SISTER during her pregnancy!

YouTuber Shawntina Marshall said:

I need ur help....my ex Narc has 8 kids by 8 women but leave all of them during pregnancy can u explain this?

YouTuber Blessed Butterfly said:

My ex narc did this too..he left when I was 3 months pregnant and then showed back up right before the birth. He has 4 children by 3 women. He just left his kids and moved states away. He had a habit of bailing in and out of his children's lives whenever he wants.

My ex left me when I was 3 months pregnant to be with my twin sister. He has no legal rights to my son. I brought him back into my son's life and he just up and left again after asking me to marry him in December and I told him no. He was dating someone else in less than a week. He's gone and will stay gone this time. I'm not inviting him back in.

I am just overwhelmed with the amount of things I want to say to those self-centered jerks (not to mention the so-called sister who was willing to be with a man who'd just abandoned her pregnant TWIN) - but I won't waste my breath, because you and I both know that there's no good reason to try to make a narcissist accountable for his or her behavior.

In the Go Ask Angie series, I respond to questions, comments and concerns sent to me by my YouTube viewers, readers from my QueenBeeing.com site and those who reach out in other ways, such as by email.

Learn more at http://queenbeeing.com. Get my books at http://booksangiewrote.com and pick up your free 5-day fear-busting email course (especially designed for narcissistic abuse survivors) at http://narcissismsupportcoach.com.

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