Hi B,

It’s so good to hear you sounding happy and hopeful. 🙂

You have recognised your narc for what he is. Well done you for resisting the emotional manipulation!

I hope that eventually you will cut all contact with your narc. (as I hope to do with mine!).

Lovely also to hear you went out with someone else. You sound so happy about the encounter too! I’m so glad for you. Even if it doesn’t lead to romance, you will have gained a new friend and that’s always a good thing.

I wonder if your ‘usual’ type is a narc. You have probably developed into an empathic person, either as a direct result of being with a narc, or from a need to protect yourself in childhood from a narc. I wonder if your father was one?

Empaths attract Narcs. Narcs are attracted to Empaths like moths to a flame. They know they will be able to manipulate an Empath.  Narcs and Empaths are exact opposites.  Google ‘Empath attraction to Narcissists’ and you will see whether this applies to you.

With best wishes, carry on moving forwards.

Jay x