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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He didn't suddenly become a narcissist after you married him. Why was his narcissism acceptable when you were dating but not now?[/quote]

Not OP.

Actually my H did change, there are reasons I could explain but it is long and complicated.

But not everybody who is a narcissist was born a narcissistic person.

You do know that's mental disorders present in their late 20's early 30's right?[/quote]

In fact, NPD usually manifests in late adolescence and decreases in intensity with age. What really changed was YOUR PERCEPTIONS of him. You, the wife, became less tolerant of him over time. This is not unexpected - spouses become less tolerant of each other's foibles even when the spouse does not have a mental disorder.[/quote]

No. What actually happened was he had complex PTSD and he started having flashbacks when our child turned 5.[/quote]

I've never heard of cPTSD and NPD being linked. In fact, they're basically opposite ends of the spectrum. cPTSD has as part of it's suite of crap the fear of abandonment (thus often misunderstood as BPD). cPTSDs almost always have insecure attachment, which is completely inconsistent with NPD. 
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