If you feel you really haven’t been quite yourself lately red flag alert!

You haven’t been yourself.

Are you constantly monitoring your every action, asking yourself if it would meet with the narcissist’s approval?

Man being abusive to woman

This is not right, this is not normal, this isnotwhat you deserve.

What it is, according toPsychCentral, is a very typical symptom of narcissistic abuse.

This can lead to a loss of any ability to be assertive or spontaneous.

Fearful woman

Ultimately, you may wind up feeling like a mere shadow of your former self.

You feel unreal

You just don’t know what is real anymore and what is not.

Remember the boiled frog, and know that you, too, are in real danger.

Woman on bed

Getting away from your narcissistic abuser could quite literally stash your life.

Woman taken hostage