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How Narcissistic Abuse Affects Your Ability to Communicate and 8 Things You Can Do About It

If you've been abused by someone with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), you may have experienced so much trauma bonding and gaslighting that you don't even remember how to communicate, right? That's what Kaela said when she asked me this question in a recent morning chat. In addition to the invalidation and straight up being ignored, you realize that you can't always say what you feel and you can't always talk about yourself in a toxic relationship. How do you start again?

Narcissistic Abuse Affects Your Ability to Communicate: When You Forget How to Talk About Yourself

How does narcissistic abuse affect our ability to communicate – with the narcissist and with others in our lives? That’s what we’re talking about today at QueenBeeing.com. One of our fellow survivors named Kaela asked me to make this video during a recent live stream, so here I am.

Communication as we all know is incredibly important in any relationship, but when we’ve been involved with narcissists, even the most skilled communicators can feel helpless and handicapped when it comes to being understood – narcissists will inevitably refuse to understand us, especially when what we’re saying is not something like “OMG, you’re so amazing.�

For example, try telling a narcissist exactly how you feel about the way they belittle and invalidate you – and watch how they twist the conversation around. In some of the most extreme cases, you will end up apologizing for not thinking they’re perfect and for having the nerve to even suggest otherwise.

And, when we go through years of this, not to mention that narcissists often isolate their victims from others who might actually offer some support, we sort of forget HOW to communicate – in a way. We stop feeling like we can (or even should) talk about OURSELVES, and we stop trying to make valuable contributions to conversations, in part because we’ve been conditioned to believe that we have nothing of value to say and nothing to offer.

I'll explain more and offer 8 ways you can start to change this issue for the better in this video.

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