Key points

A vulnerable narcissist is prone to “ghosting” without a goodbye due to feelings of insecurity.

Shame is often a conscious feeling that resonates with deeper experiences of abandonment terror.

Relationships are not experienced as reasons for mutual connection, but as ways of preventing feeling shame.

One of the most disorienting and heart-wrenching experiences many have gone through in the aftermath of a narcissistic relationship is seeing how quickly they replace you and move on to a new relationship. More often than not, the replacement is already waiting in the sidelines where the new relationship overlaps with the current one they are trying to leave. This is known as “grooming” the new supply for external validation, ego stabilization, and control.

A grandiose narcis

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