Narcissists: Are they the drug or are they the addict in the toxic relationship? Narcissistic Supply, to the narcissist, is like a drug. It's what the narcissist needs to feed their ego (and in so many ways, to maintain the facade they're showing to the rest of the world and avoid becoming a collapsed narcissist.)
Narcissists (someone who either has narcissistic personality disorder - NPD - or who has narcissistic traits) obtain this 'drug' (narcissistic supply) in different ways, one of them being through their one-sided relationships.
Yes, that's where you come in.
You see, when we love someone or in this case, let's say care for someone so deeply that we want to help and support them no matter what- we are willing to go through any hardship for them. This is true no matter how it affects our mental health.
But for the narcissist, it's not about love, it's about using you to get what they want - because, in so many ways, you've become their drug of choice. And narcissists keep you emotionally trapped! But that's not all.
If a source of narcissistic supply stops supplying the narcissist with narcissistic supply- that's when things get ugly. The narcissist becomes not only hostile but also an addict who will destroy you and everything around you in order to get his next hit of 'narcissistic supply.' Not sure whether your relationship is toxic? Here are some telltale signs that it is.
Plus: how trauma bonding figures into all of this.
Angie Atkinson explains.
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