As a survivor of sociopathic and narcissistic abuse, it has become a default requirement for my own healing to become adept in the ways of the abuser so that I can spot abusers early on and avoid more of the same traumas that such relationships cause.

I’m not a psychologist. But in some ways, I know the inner workings of an abusive cycle from having been subject to many of them and then needing to become expert at spotting the cycle in order to escape them.