My feelings started to fade with every discard/gaslighting/blocking/silent treatment ...

Remember love with narcs is not real love. It’s an addiction. There is a very deliberate reason there are highs and lows, it changes feelings of lust, of blooming love, into an addiction. Yes, like anyone you are around for prolonged periods of time you develop an emotional attachment, but it isn’t partnership love. It’s addiction. The first few weeks/months life is perfect, the high is unbelievable. But after that it’s all downhill. You’ll spend the rest of your relationship chasing that high but it will never be that good again. Eventually, you’ll realize the addiction will either kill you or you can leave.

Be proud of yourself, you beat an addiction. That is a real accomplishment.

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