Do you ever truly recover from narcissist abuse, or do you just learn to cope?

Yes, you absolutely do recover but there is no time table for healing.

At first, you cope. ( Barely. ) Then…( at least for me) you come to terms with the fact that you’ll never be the same and you try each day just to get up in the morning and do basic things ( if you even can….) Brush your teeth. Shower. Eat.

Then…something happens…something I’m still trying to understand….

One day I wasn’t sad anymore. I wasn’t angry either. I started taking stock of my life. I started literally counting my blessings. ( and there were a lot. ) I started to smile again. I started to laugh. I made plans with my friends and didn’t actually cancel at the last minute because I simply couldn’t get myself together. I started writing again. I started playing music again. All the things I used to like about myself came back as well as some new things. I started being grateful…for everything.

I no longer felt like a victim. I realized everything really does happen for a reason…( even the bad stuff.) I realized my life was just beginning. It happened in a flash. I fell in love with life again. And you will too.