So after that trap was in place and set into motion you just believed it was real and traveled down what seemed to be a familiar road by creating and growing what you also believed was a normal relationship.
That belief PUSHED those doors wide open to your vulnerabilities as well and the Narcissist utilized that to his/her full advantage especially gaining your unyielding trust!
It is hard for a normal person of empathy to understand that another person would use a fake love to lure an unsuspecting and good person into such a deceptive and abusive agenda to essentially use and objectify them.
Narcissists are very shrewd and they have many other traps and manipulation techniques that they will also use throughout the whole cycle of abuse to basically manage people down and disable their reality and well-being so the Narcissist can satisfy their needs or get what it is they want from a person. They are not only a con artist - they destroy lives and families with their dysfunctional need for that constant supply....."
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