Narcissist Behavior Q&A
🫥 I can't leave — I'm afraid they'll fall apart
However much their life worries you, staying at the cost of your own life and safety is not required.
The short answer
Worry for them doesn't require abandoning your own life and safety to stay.
Scenes like this
- Without you, they supposedly couldn't eat or make it to work.
- Even their family, they said, had no one to care for them but you.
How to tell the difference
Connecting their crisis to sources of help and continuing the relationship are two different choices.
When this happens, try this
- If they attempt self-harm or suicide, call 911 immediately, and contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline for professional help.
- Don't try to resolve the whole situation alone — share it with trusted people or organizations and ask for help.