Dating a narcissist can take a toll on your self-esteem. Your partner may engage in gaslighting behavior, making you feel you are crazy or forgetful; sabotage your relationship or other friendships; turn all the blame in the relationship towards you; or even deliver intense praise, followed by verbal abuse.

What are narcissists like in relationships?

Partners of narcissists feel torn between their love and their pain, between staying and leaving, but they cant seem to do either. They feel ignored, uncared about, and unimportant. As the narcissists criticism, demands, and emotional unavailability increase, their confidence and self-esteem decrease.