Any loss no matter how big or small triggers a grief process. A person does not have to die for you to feel grief.

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The first step to disarm a narcissist is to identify your own “hot buttons.” These are areas that are particularly sensitive for you that automatically send you into “defense mode.” If we slip into this “defense mode,” we are unable to empathize with the other person or think through possible solutions to the current situation. To disarm a narcissist, you must begin by identifying your own “hot buttons.” In so doing, you are diminishing the power a narcissist may have had in the past and gaining more control over your own emotional responses. Once you have adjusted your own frame of mind, you are then more able to communicate clearly and assertively. Below are several ideas of helpful phrases to use when interacting with a narcissist.

Ending a relationship, especially if it was unexpected or unwanted begins a grief process like other types of loss of which anxiety can be one of the emotions experienced.

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