04/05/2026
Narcissists go through phases after a breakup:
📌feeling superior,
📌managing their image,
📌suppressing emotions,
📌comparing new partners to you, 📌experiencing ego deflation,
📌feeling the urge to check on you, and
📌replacing you with someone new.
They don't evolve, but rather replicate the cycle until their mask collapses. You were not too much, but rather a mirror to their fragmented identity.
What you experienced was not love, but proximity to a broken person. Your exit was not abandonment, but the end of the cycle.