How Toxic Relationships Affect your Confidence: What Confidence Looks Like After Narcissistic Abuse

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The Royal We has helped Millions to escape the grip of narcissistic abuse. Here’s a deeper look into what narcissistic abuse looks like and steps to heal from it:

Narcissistic abuse looks like:

Lack of Empathy: Narcissists often show little to no empathy for others, making it easy for them to manipulate and exploit. Narcissists use various tactics such as gaslighting, love bombing, and devaluation to control and dominate their victims.

Common Tactics Used in Narcissistic Abuse:

Gaslighting: Making the victim doubt their own reality and sanity.
Love Bombing: Showering the victim with excessive attention and affection to gain control.

Devaluation: Undermining the victim’s self-worth through criticism, belittling, and emotional neglect.

Isolation: Cutting the victim off from their support systems to increase dependency on the abuser.

Triangulation: Using others to create jealousy or competition, keeping the victim feeling insecure.
Healing from Narcissistic Abuse

How to begin healing from narcissistic abuse:
Understand that you have been enduring narcissistic abuse. This awareness is the first step toward healing.

Get Help:

Establish No Contact or Low Contact:

Limit or completely cut off communication with the narcissistic abuser. This helps you gain emotional distance and begin your healing journey.
Rebuild Your Self-Esteem:

Engage in activities that boost your confidence and self-worth. Surround yourself with supportive, positive people who value and respect you.
Educate Yourself:

Learn about narcissistic abuse and its effects. Knowledge is empowering and can help you recognize patterns and avoid future toxic relationships.
Practice Self-Care:

Prioritize your physical, emotional, and mental well-being. Regular exercise, a healthy diet, adequate sleep, and mindfulness practices can all contribute to your recovery.
Set Boundaries:

Develop and maintain healthy boundaries in all your relationships.

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[classicheraldgameplays]

11:11. Validation seeking from outside world will always keep you dissappointed. Most of the so called friends do not want you to rise and will project their insecurities towards you.♥️😇🙏🏽

[straighttalkinggirl]

I had a stroke, the narc treated it like an inconvenience, it took me 2 years to get better, 18 months of that was on my own... I worked on me inside and out, people are saying how different I look and getting love interest, confidence is an inside job. Never let others define it, .. great video Kev 👍

[markhobbs]

I was eating leftover Chinese while watching this video. My fortune cookie read, "You may lose the small ones(narcissists) but win the big ones (your confidence and peace)." I don't believe in fortune cookies but I took it as a sign.

[edwardmugarian]

Important video Kevin. Only those who have gone through narcissistic abuse would understand.

[JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories]

I attract narcs like flies. Sometimes i feel this rush to start a business, studying Etc. But the voices and trauma invade one's head. This video is great. The only confidence i have is writing music and escaping in the sonic landscapes i make, most recent a three part symphony i wrote as a tribute to honor God's gift of sobriety (5 years now). Most my existence sometimes feel like i am parked, no speed. But lately i am giving no fucks...awaken...perceptive.

[claireburkus]

Never had confidence....narc Father....easy prey for another to rule over....70’s learned ME !!!

[Wistundra]

You have just spoken about the residual effects of Narcissism. Dealing with these people can and will drag you down for years. Hopefully and eventually you will come out stronger on the other side.

[Terra_inthe]

When I was with my ex I didn't know about NPD so it was very confusing for me as to why I felt he didn't like me yet he stayed with me. I'm just glad I know what's wrong with him now so I don't still think it's me who's the problem, because with all the gaslighting he had me thinking it was me. Thank you for another insightful video, Kevin. God bless you and everyone reading this. ❤️

[wms]

My parents never attended my school events to applaud me. They gave me no confidence, and my narcissist tried to crush whatever resilience I had.

[webbtherapy]

The love of money and validation from a vain world will only lead to hell.

[AndreaPortley]

The moment I put my foot down in my early 30s I was accused of being head strong, sassy, and beside myself!!! My toxic narcissistic aunt is suffering with depression! Blah, blah, blah! Yeah sure! Because everyone is drained and exhausted in her life! Oh well!!! All’s well that ends well!

[clairescothisword]

Hi there. I found confidence when I became a born again believer in Jesus Christ, and also very much resonate with blocking everything out because of the toxicity in this world, people, organisations...etc. I live in daily amazement now at the word of God which shows us where we get true confidence but what has been a shock is the religious toxicity online... however. I could say "narcissists" but how can you be both a narcissist and a professing selfless believer?... Thanks for the video. Blessings 🌺

[deniseclarke]

You are so right kevin, I totallyagree. I have now lived apart from my narcissist for a year and was in the depths of despair for many months of this. I was frightened when he said he was going to destroy me and thought he had, I lost jobs, money, friends and family. I was so confused and had no confidence. However working on myself I am now realising that he couldn't destroy me he only destroyed our relationship and how I viewed him. I have stopped looking to others for approval and their compliments. I know to the bottom of my soul that I am a good person and have started to rebuild myself, If people don't like me that's ok. I will continue to be good to others but not at the expense of myself. My fear is slowly vanishing and sometimes I feel I am walking on air. It takes a long time to bounce back, I feel like I am a different person but my core values and morals have not changed. Dig your well folks it's amazing what you will find in yourselves. Kevin you are awesome and make everything so clear. Keep it up xx

[lfn]

Walked through this journey for years, this is accurate. Our worth is found in Christ alone, not people. Going through all this is a blessing in disguise...it brings us to the Lord and His will for us, and also gives us peace.

[Josh-ctue]

Toxic people strip you of your confidence and your character you have to keep your distance or get rid altogether to evolve no more staying in bad situations ❤

[donnafoley]

GOD is my strength and my song. Even in the midst of all the evil I experienced with my mom and husband. I fought like crazy. I did not allow them to take all the good that GOD has put in me. I put those devil's in their place Everytime and watched them run like the rats that they are! Abuse will do that to you, If you have courage and stand up to the devil, then put him under your feet. I am like David, He said to Goliath, "I will cut your head off and feed it to the birds." AMEN.😄

[jewishbride]

I bind my confidence to be affected by any other person on this earth, loosening myself of the confidence another human has, while binding every unequal yoke and common share with those whose confidence is found in other people or things, in accordance with this whole message and hebrews 10:35, 2 corinthians 6:14-15, matthew 6:24, 1 john 3:10 in the name and blood of Jesus Christ, amen and hallelujah!

[forensicbadassprofiling]

This was so helpful, thank you.
Learning my new me. Making my own decisions. Choosing for myself.
Trying things I’ve always been talked out of.
And sometimes just allowing myself to feel shitty and frustrated bc healing from this is so painful. So bizarre and betraying. It’s a different kind of grief and healing process most don’t understand.
Looking forward to your fellowship groups.
God bless you all!

[edithchan]

Kevin, you are a star! Indeed, we are here on Earth for a higher purpose 😊

[nataliatorkhova]

And for spectators cheering, you gave a really good example, Kevin. No need to look at them or wait for their approval.
In real life all cheering campaigns are paid both good and bad.
The same here, for them is just a game.
It has nothing to do with your confidence.