What is the devalue stage?
Devaluation: When the Narcissist Begin to Deprecate Their Partner. For most couples, when the honeymoon stage wears off things begin to fall into a predictable pattern or routine. You can and still do love your partner dearly. However, that initial euphoria usually wears off.
Why do narcissists devalue and discard?
The person with narcissism often may begin—subtly, insidiously, and covertly—to devalue his or her significant other. Inevitably, the discarding occurs when the person with narcissism either disappears or orchestrates his or her own abandonment by engaging in some form of egregious emotional abuse.
Does the narcissist always devalue?
Narcissists all follow the same patterns — here are some of the most common phrases they use. Narcissists all act in similar ways. They tend to follow the same pattern in relationships — idealize, devalue, discard.
Once you finish going through the detox phase, which includes massive cravings for your narcissist, feelings of despair and emptiness (caused by a depletion of the hormone, oxytocin,) and the withdrawal phase at the beginning of going no contact, you will come to experience some positive changes in your reality.
Why does a narcissist have to devalue you?
The motivation of the narcissist is to make you feel weak and powerless – so as to gain control over you. They are deeply insecure people and here they will be projecting the devaluation of and feelings about themselves onto you.