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How It Feels To Be Gaslighted
As an empath with a good dose of emotional intelligence, I tend to attract a lot of emotionally unavailable people and downright narcissists.
Empaths are gifted with recognising and feeling emotions. On top of that, if you work on your emotional quotient, you basically become a great listener, and are capable of helping people who need it the most.
At the same time, it could become a curse, especially in romantic situations. I have encountered narcissists before, but I was recently blindsided. I had only met overt ones, who openly brandish their wealth or accomplishments to nurture their fragile egos.
This one had gotten rid of all his possessions and made me believe he was going through a crisis of meaning and I related to that. If the ones before were pros, this one is Ultra Max Pro.
People who have been in toxic or semi-toxic relationships, tend to become pseudo psychologists after they get out of the situations. I am no different.
But ever since I acknowledged my deep empathy, I have learnt to set boundaries and compartmentalised. But one fell through the crack. That is ok it happens to the best of us.
