How the Futility Caused by Narcissists Results in Bad Things
If you have been in any kind of relationship with a narcissist you have likely experienced futility and experienced it often.
Futility is a common feeling for survivors of narcissistic abuse.
Futility is a pervasive debilitating emotion. It is the cloud that follows you around threatening to ruin your day. Here are some words related to futile:
1. Useless
2. Pointless
3. Fruitless
4. Unsuccessful
5. Vain (as “in vain”, not related to vanity)
6. Ineffective
7. Wasted
The reasons we survivors experience futility are directly related to the words in the list above.
We feel useless because our narcissists:
· Told us we are.
· Ignored us.
· Discarded us.
· Insisted they could do anything better than us.
We think our interests are pointless because our narcissists:
· Told us they are.
· Tried to prove they had no significance.
· Ridiculed them.
