The Proof Trap

When you need proof of the narcissist cheating, so you can leave them.

Sophia Bell On Medium
2 min readJul 10, 2024
Photo by Houcine Ncib on Unsplash

As a rule of thumb, when you start suspecting a narcissist of cheating, they’ve been doing so for a good while already.

The cheating is just the tip of the iceberg.

You’ll also come to find out that the narcissist has been telling everyone about your abusive ways.

On the 873 dating apps they have installed.

And to people in your circle.

The “proof trap” is when you wanna make sure that your narcissist is cheating before you actually leave.

People who fall into the proof trap will never have enough proof to finally get to that blessed day when they get to leave the narcissist with the damning proof as their valid reason for walking out.

No, they will continue subjecting themselves to the narcissist’s gaslighting and subsequently not even believe the proof.

They stay.

Until the narcissist has finally got to the point where they can permit themselves to discard you.

It’s a trap that will keep you in the same situation.

Trustworthy people will never make you feel like you have to catch them in the act.

Narcissists do.

You don’t need proof of them cheating, the proof is the way they make you feel.

And that’s more than enough proof to leave.

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