 another one welcome to another life this time we're gonna do things a bit differently we're gonna talk about narcissist survival tactics and I'd like to hear from you as well do share your own survival tactics tell me what you have been doing which has helped you to survive around narcissists thanks for the donation true love so yeah let's get straight into it when you're around these narcissists it can be so disappointing you find yourself always wanting more even though they seem to exaggerate their image and when you first meet them they can seem so charismatic so you think that they've got a lot to offer you but then time goes by and you end up being very disappointed but of course they're never going to accept that they're always going to point the finger at you and act like you weren't good enough for them but yes there's one thing I always hear about from people who there's one thing I always hear about from people who are dealing with this is the disappointment it's like just when you think that they've ruined everything that could have been good they always find a new low it always gets worse so that's where your imagination comes in instead of constantly focusing on what they're doing and how they're constantly disappointing you use your imagination start imagining what you really want imagine a person how you would want them to be think about what they would do how they would treat you think about how that would make you feel and really amplify those feelings you will quickly find that you feel a lot better you will quickly find that they're not getting to you as much because now it's like you don't need them you know you've got this person in your mind who's there for you this this fantasy and while this may not be healthy long-term while you're going through it it can be quite a healthy coping strategy coping strategy so yeah I highly recommend that if you're experiencing constant disappointment with these narcissists instead of just expecting for them to change which is never going to happen use your imagination and you could even tell yourself yes you know this is the kind of person that I'm going to meet when I finally leave the narcissist just use that and it will get you through okay so we're talking survival tactics here if you have any that you'd like to share please let please let us know sunshine state says the nature friends and family practice in mindfulness and self love self care yeah definitely those are really good suggestions there I highly recommend mindfulness you know where it's something like if you're just eating your food focus on what that food smells like focus on the texture of the food focus on how that food tastes is it sweet is it salty and really take your time to you know when you're eating enjoy your food focus on enjoying things more because when you're involved with these types of people you just want to rush everything some suggestions from Leafs in thinking things through watching and planning before reacting great suggestions there leaf Leafs in just looking through the comments here Marams says my survival tactic is going no contact as much as possible try to avoid him and ignore him too yeah that's great you know if you can go limited contact that will definitely be very beneficial for you sunshine state says always been down to smell the roses be patient to yourself yes definitely yes definitely that's a great idea just like what you see me just like you see me do that come out at the beach go for a walk somewhere in the forest yeah if you do that that's great it'll make you feel a lot better for me nothing compared to that rush of adrenaline you know you just out there and you know you're in the forest or you can do it at the beach and it's great so yeah that's the survival tactics I hope that they're helpful for you thank you all for joining this live Emily says you're my survival tactic you're all mine too thank you all for joining I love you all and I'll talk to you soon