NEUTRALIZING NARCISSISM

Compartmentalization: Understanding Narcissistic Coping Mechanisms for Abuse Survivors

Uncovering the mind of a narcissist

Mark Randall Havens
7 min readJan 15, 2023

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Discover how narcissists use compartmentalization as a coping mechanism to reconcile their grandiose sense of self with their less favorable qualities or behaviors, and how this understanding can aid in your recovery process as a survivor of narcissistic abuse. Photo by Guillaume Bolduc on Unsplash.

Imagine living in a world where the truth is constantly shifting, and you are the only one who can’t keep up. This is the reality for many survivors of narcissistic abuse. Narcissists use

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Mark Randall Havens

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