Why Forgiving a Narcissist Will Backfire On You - How a Narcissistic Interprets Forgiveness
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#Forgiving a #narcissist rarely leads to closure or validation. Instead, it often backfires by feeding their sense of superiority and entitlement. This video explores why forgiving a narcissist is usually an exercise in futility that prolongs suffering for the abuse #survivor.
Narcissists view forgiveness as #weakness and will exploit it as permission to inflict more #pain. They feel entitled to abuse others and have no capacity for #remorse. Offering forgiveness signals that you will tolerate #mistreatment, so the narcissist doubles down on toxic behaviors knowing there are no #consequences.
Forgiveness requires the abuser to acknowledge #wrongdoing and make #amends, but narcissists are incapable of taking responsibility. They will use your forgiveness to perpetrate more #injustices while avoiding #accountability. Forgiving them simply enables further #exploitation.
The narcissist is not interested in your act of #forgiveness. They feel no #obligation to change, be #contrite or make #restitution. To them, forgiveness is an #affirmation that their abuse is acceptable. It allows them to keep you trapped as their #punchingbag.
Forgiveness implies #movingon, but the narcissist wants you #stuck reliving the #trauma. They #derive supply from keeping you in a state of #confusion, self-blame and #obsession with the relationship. Forgiving them interferes with your ability to stop #ruminating and detach.
Ultimately, forgiveness must come from a place of #honoring yourself and your #inherent worth. It should never be extended cheaply to someone who has no respect for your #humanity. The narcissist’s actions have already shown they do not value you enough to warrant the gift of forgiveness.
Forgiveness is sacred when given to those who #authentically atone and work to rebuild #trust. The narcissist neither atones nor rebuilds trust. Forgiving them will only deepen feelings of #exploitation while emboldening further #mistreatment. You deserve better than offering cheap forgiveness to someone who abuses and devalues you.
Until the narcissist shows willingness to make amends and take accountability through long-term #changedbehavior, forgiveness will be wasted on them. You have every right to expect contrition, remorse and #reparative action before even considering forgiveness. Offering it prematurely will be weaponized against you and stall healing.
Forgive yourself for tolerating the abuse and for misplaced forgiveness you may have given. Then redirect energy into building self-compassion, setting boundaries and finding #communitysupport. That will accelerate your healing far better than offering shallow forgiveness that the narcissist will exploit. You deserve to heal and be treated with dignity. Forgiving your abuser too soon subverts that process.
This video provides essential education on how forgiving narcissists prematurely can undermine abuse survivors’ #recovery and #empowerment. It is vital to approach forgiveness carefully and only when trust is rebuilt, not as an easy way out that sacrifices your dignity and boundaries.
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http://RecoverThyself.com/ ──────────── 00:00 - ▶ Why Forgiving a Narcissist Will Backfire On You 00:26 - ▶ They Will Not Be Genuinely Sorry after you forgive the narcissist 01:15 - ▶ They Will View it As Proof of Weakness 02:00 - ▶ They Will Use it Against You, After You Forgive the Narcissist 02:47 - ▶ It Will Allow Them to Avoid Accountability, When You Forgive the Narcissist 03:25 - ▶ They Will View it as Permission to Repeat the Offense, When You Forgive the Narcissist 04:06 - ▶ They Will Keep Hurting You Even After You Forgive the Narcissist 04:48 - ▶ You Will Suffer More When You Choose to Forgive the Narcissist 05:34 - ▶ You Hope They Will Change, and Forgiveness Will Transform the Narcissist 06:14 - ▶ You Doubt Your Own Worth, Your Forgiveness Stems From Feelings of Unworthiness With the Narcissist 06:57 - ▶ Forgiving Allows Their Cycle of Idealization and Devaluation to Persist When You Forgive the Narcissist ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
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