PERSONAL: RELATIONSHIPS AND ABUSE

Forgive and Forget What A Narcissist Did To You

“Forgiveness is easy, or is it?” Prompt Challenge

Thank you Warren Brown for the “Forgiveness is Easy or is it?” Prompt Challenge!

Here is my contribution.

I keep it short. No. No, you can never forget what the narcissist did to you.

I was abused. Mentally and physically. He played mind games, threatened me, hurt me.

I won’t forget. But I forgave. I forgave myself. For believing it was my fault, that I wasn’t enough, that I even deserved it. I forgave myself to think so little about myself.

I am enough. I am brave. I am thankful for myself, and everything I ever accomplished.

You don’t need to forget. It’s a part of your life forever. A reminder. But you can forgive — yourself — and find inner peace.

It is not easy, for sure. It took me years to understand:

I don’t have to forgive him, I have to forgive myself.

I don’t care about him at all, and he doesn’t deserve forgiveness and wouldn’t care anyway. So why should I forgive him?

He doesn’t even feel remorse, he can’t. A narcissist doesn’t feel bad for hurting you, because he doesn’t feel at all. He manipulates, that’s all.

So I don’t waste my energy on him, but on myself. I’m the one that matters, therefore I forgive myself.

I’m happy again.

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