Does your partner ever humiliate you in a way that makes you wonder—do they actually enjoy my pain?
Have you caught yourself lashing out, withdrawing, or dismissing someone you love… and then regretting it later?
Is the cruelty you feel in these moments really about sadism—or could something deeper be going on beneath the surface?

In this episode we dive into one of the most painful questions people ask: Why does the narcissist humiliate, devalue, and discard? 

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