Covert narcissists will do things that are unkind to you, but somehow you will end up apologizing. It’s not uncommon to feel like things are your fault. They aren’t doing anything wrong, you convince yourself. When you are with a CN, you learn to ignore your gut feelings, your instincts, and over time believe the narcissist more than yourself. You will come to realize that the CN has slowly programmed you to see things the way they want you to see them, and gave you messages about yourself they want you to believe so they could keep controlling and manipulating you into continuing to be their
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