28/09/2025
HE'S NOT TELLING PEOPLE WHAT HE DID.
HE'S TELLING THEM WHO YOU BECAME BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID.
That's the game. That's the trick of a narcissist. He will never admit to the lies, the betrayals, the nights you cried yourself to sleep because of his actions. He won't tell people about the promises he broke, the gaslighting that left you questioning your reality, the isolation he forced you into, or the countless times he made you feel like your emotions were illegitimate. Every word, every action that caused you pain, every time he dismissed your feelings—none of that exists in the story he tells.
No—he leaves all of that out. The truth about how he manipulated your thoughts, how he twisted your love into obedience, how he punished you for boundaries and independence—it's completely erased. Every cruel word, every selfish act, every betrayal is gone. What remains is a carefully curated image of himself as someone constantly wronged, someone who had no choice but to endure your "irrational" behavior.
Instead, he tells the story from the middle, not the beginning. He focuses on your anger, your frustration, your tears, your silence, your distance—the natural human reactions to being mistreated—while ignoring the cause. He paints you as the problem, as if your pain, your anger, your growth, and your attempts to protect yourself sprang out of nowhere.
He doesn't say, "I broke her trust." He says, "She's crazy and paranoid." He doesn't say, "I hurt her over and over." He says, "She's so angry all the time." He doesn't say, "I neglected her needs." He says, "She's never satisfied." He doesn't say, "I lied, cheated, or manipulated her." He says, "She overreacts. She’s too emotional. She’s unreasonable."
He carefully crafts a narrative where your transformation—your distance, your anger, your tears, your guardedness—looks like your fault alone. He paints himself as the victim of your change, as if your reactions were sudden, inexplicable, and entirely of your own making. Every moment of his abuse, every act of manipulation, every word meant to control or harm you—vanished. Only your response remains visible, and it is twisted to look monstrous.
And the most insidious part? He convinces others to believe it. Friends, family, coworkers—they see only the version he presents. They never see the late nights you spent crying, the anxious thoughts you battled, the emotional exhaustion he caused. They see your anger, your frustration, your attempts to protect yourself—and they believe he must have been justified.
This is how he rewrites history. This is how he maintains control, even after the relationship is over. He doesn’t need to confess, apologize, or admit wrongdoing. He doesn’t need to take responsibility. His power comes from shaping perception, from making the victim of his actions appear as the perpetrator in everyone else’s eyes.
Every tear you shed, every boundary you set, every moment you finally found the courage to stand up for yourself becomes evidence of your "failure," not of his abuse. And if you try to defend yourself or tell your side of the story, he labels you as defensive, aggressive, unstable. He anticipates your words and twists them, because he knows the game better than anyone—you are always a step behind in a story he controls.
That’s the cruel genius of a narcissist. He doesn’t need to tell the truth. He only needs to control the narrative. And when he does, he rewrites reality, placing himself as the wronged hero and you as the villain, even though every wound, every scar, every sleepless night was created by him.