
17/09/2025
NARCISSISTS expect everything to go back to normal, as if their actions left no scars.
They act as though time erases the pain they caused, as if your silence means healing, and as if their apologies—if they even bother to give one—are enough to erase years of damage. They want to skip the work of rebuilding trust and jump straight into having the same access to you they once abused.
They want you to forget the nights you cried, the times they belittled you, and the moments you doubted your own worth because of their manipulation. They minimize what they did, twisting the story so you start questioning whether you were “too sensitive” or “overreacting.” They frame themselves as misunderstood instead of harmful.
They invalidate your pain, make light of your experience, and pretend the emotional wreckage they left behind was just a small misunderstanding. They want to rewrite history, casting themselves as the victim and you as the unreasonable one.
But what they really want is peace without accountability. They want the comfort of your forgiveness without the discomfort of real change. They want the doors to remain open even though they’ve proven they’ll only drag the same chaos back in.
They seek access without growth. Control without consequence. Love without respect.
But healing doesn’t work like that. Trust can’t be rebuilt on denial. And wounds don’t close when the one who caused them refuses to acknowledge the bleeding.
The truth is, you don’t owe them the version of you who tolerated the disrespect, excused the cruelty, or carried the weight of their denial. You get to choose distance. You get to choose peace. You get to choose yourself.
Because scars may fade, but they don’t disappear—and the person who gave them to you doesn’t get to decide when they stop mattering.