You have done this before. Different person. Different beginning. Different reason to believe this time would be different. Same place. This is not bad luck and it is not your fault. Your nervous system has been choosing for you. And it is time to finally understand why so the pattern can end.

Ending a relationship with a narcissist is not a normal breakup. It is a slow unraveling of a reality you didn’t even know was being rewritten around you. People who haven’t lived it ask, “Why can’t you just move on?" As if healing is a switch you flip. As if trauma leaves your body because you decided it should . But you’re not just grieving a person. You’re grieving an illusion your nervous system still clings to. You fell in love with a version of them that never truly e