http://www.loving-awareness.org Unusual insights about everyday life. Thu, 29 Nov 2018 22:41:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.2 1628392 http://www.loving-awareness.org/what-i-learned-from-dating-a-narcissist/ Tue, 30 Jan 2018 11:30:50 +0000 Tremor http://www.loving-awareness.org/?p=645 Crazymakers. We’ve seen them in sitcoms, and if you’ve dated one, you know how passionate it can be, dating a narcissist. There’s a rush of aliveness, like hanging on the wing of an airplane with a parachute on your back. The maelstrom of emotions brings the thought “wow, this is so intense, I guess it’s love“. For those who have any existential malaise or some sense of internal lack, the intensity is a powerful allure. That rush feels alive. That’s what the first few months of dating a narcissist felt like.]]> Crazymakers. We’ve seen them in sitcoms, and if you’ve dated one, you know how passionate it can be, dating a narcissist. There’s a rush of aliveness, like hanging on the wing of an airplane with a parachute on your back. The maelstrom of emotions brings the thought “wow, this is so intense, I guess it’s love“. For those who have any existential malaise or some sense of internal lack, the intensity is a powerful allure. That rush feels alive. That’s what the first few months of dating a narcissist felt like.]]> 645