What does it mean when someone compartmentalize their life?
Compartmentalization is a defense mechanism in which people mentally separate conflicting thoughts, emotions, or experiences to avoid the discomfort of contradiction.
Is it good to compartmentalise?
You can see how compartmentalization can be adaptive, allowing temporary respites from mental stress; it’s as if you are creating mental partitions that help to prevent emotional overload; compartmentalization allows you to free your mind to other experiences (e.g., rather than worrying about a work project all weekend …
What are the benefits of compartmentalization for a narcissist?
Narcissists & the Compartmentalized Life (Part 1/2) The biggest benefit, of course, to compartmentalization is that the narcissist can behave one way while visiting one compartment and behave completely differently when visiting another. And since the narcissist is a pretender extraordinaire and master chameleon,…
Why do narcissists want us to get back together?
Narcissists intend for us to keep us guessing. They think if we can anticipate their return that we’ll always be on the edge of hope that maybe, just maybe, we can get back together with them. That maybe we can give it another try. Even if we are in another relationship when these returns happen, the Narcissists won’t care.
What does compartmentalization mean in a relationship?
Compartmentalization is what narcissists do before, during, and after a Discard. Compartmentalizing is how the narcissist keeps partners (or only certain partners) from ever meeting his friends and family members.
Did the narcissist give up on You?
In all the chaos and desperation of a discard, we have to remember that it wasn’t us. The narcissist didn’t give up on us – he gave us up. And there’s a difference. Never ever give up on YOU because without the N, the whole world is a canvas and your prettiest masterpiece is yet to be painted.