This stage doesn’t exist in any way with the normal stages – but it’s one of the most important stages in recovery.
 

Eventually you will be all consumed by your knowledge of psychopathy that you will finally understand how their minds work. You can start putting perspective on his/her behavior – and everything will begin to click. It will all make sense, when it never did before.

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You will realize you were never loved, you were just another target. You will realize you’ve never behaved like this in any other relationship. You will look back at all of the things that made you feel paranoid, and see that they were all calculated and intentional actions of the abuser.

 

You will come to the horrifying realization that the person that you trusted was actively working against you.