# Unmasking the Illusion: My Journey of Survival
Looking back, I can pinpoint the exact moment when Arletta's true nature became clear. It wasn't during one of our dramatic arguments or a moment of betrayal—it was in a text conversation where she finally dropped her mask completely. "I am not here to soothe you in any shape, way, or form," she declared, wrapping her emotional unavailability in pseudo-spiritual language about "vibrating higher." That conversation would become the catalyst for my understanding of how a covert narcissist with dismissive avoidant attachment operates—wielding spiritual concepts as weapons and using emotional distance as a form of control. I didn't know then what I know now about the toxic combination of covert narcissism and dismissive avoidant attachment—how they create a perfect storm of emotional manipulation and neglect. Arletta was a master at presenting herself as enlightened and self-aware, while systematically dismantling any genuine connection or emotional intimacy...
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