18/12/2025
When someone consistently responds to your suicidal pain with blame, minimisation, or by making it about their own distress, it is not mutual vulnerability.
It is a narcissistic pattern of deflection and emotional hijacking.
You open up about feeling unsafe or overwhelmed.
Instead of listening, they shift the focus back to themselves or make you feel at fault.
That can feel confusing and deeply painful.
True empathy pauses.
It listens.
It holds space without competing for attention or sympathy.
Narcissism shows up when your pain is treated as an inconvenience, a threat, or something to control rather than something to care for.
Your pain does not need to be justified.
Your suffering is not a competition.
You are not responsible for regulating someone else when you are barely surviving yourself.
If this resonates, know this.
You are not too much.
You are not selfish for needing support.
You deserve safe, attuned, and accountable care.
At Blossoming Minds Therapy, we support individuals healing from relational and emotional trauma through trauma-informed, compassionate care.
If you are feeling unsafe or overwhelmed right now, confidential support is available in Australia.
Lifeline 13 11 14
Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636
1800RESPECT
You deserve support that stays with you.
