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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is hard to tell based on your first post.  You said that your DH is not emotionally there for you?  Very few men are, this is something women struggle with, bcs many, many men don't have that need or understand it. It sounds to them like you are always unhappy and they should do something about it. You said he doesn't treat you lovingly, how exactly does he treat you? Is he petulant and ignoring you, or just plain abusive, verbally, physically? What you told doesn't qualify as a NPD just most men who are clueless. If he is otherwise not abusive, is he depressed?  Are you maybe projecting your depression and trying to have him be a perfect husband that will predict your emotional need?  That is a battle lost with most men.  If he is abusive, well, that is a lot different.[/quote]

Thanks for the responses. As I mentioned already, my point on here is not to bash him or go into the details of why I think he is a narcissist or have anyone here diagnosis him as such based on my description. I've read enough about NPD to feel very confident he falls somewhere along that spectrum and had a professional therapist tell me they think he is as well, as I mentioned, based on actions and behaviors I've described, without my ever using the word narcissist to the counselor.

I do feel some of his treatment of me falls into emotional abuse, whether intentional or not, and I did tell him that, which he of course scoffed at. Just a few days later he agreed to counseling after two years of prodding so I'm not sure if he looked up something and it clicked...or who knows, maybe he found a counselor to describe our situation and hope that someone would validate his behavior.

Anyway, really just looking for experiences of people who have been through something similar and what their outcomes were.[/quote]

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