«Zero Love»: How To Survive And Recover After A Relationship With A Psychopath
Surviving toxic relationships is possible. For this, it is important that the victim manages to recover the emotional stability that she had before the beginning of the relationship.
Behind an apparently happy family can hide a psychopath perfectly integrated into society, a toxic person who ends up manipulating, parasitizing and destroying his partner to such an extent that he can show stress, depression, anxiety and even suicidal tendencies.
This type of relationship is called “zero love” because the psychopath takes full advantage of the victim and, when he finishes with her, moves on to the next one. It is a love in which feelings, empathy or remorse have no place
This psychopath, defined by Dr. Iñaki Piñuel as a unknown white-collar predator and a domestic psychopath, has no relation to murders or violent episodes. In fact, he usually leads a very normal life, without standing out too much from the rest; a life in which he hides his predatory side behind a standard job or a standard family. But behind that mask is a guy with a deep feeling of grandiosity, egocentrism and deification; a subject who studies and takes advantage of extremely kind, generous or naive people.
How to survive and recover after the love of a psychopath
The specialist in this type of relationships, Dr. Iñaki Piñuel, assures that Surviving and recovering from “zero love” is very complex, since the degree of parasitization and manipulation that the psychopath has exerted on the victim is so great that he has abandoned himself both physically and psychologically. Therefore, it is best ask a professional for help
In this sense, a clear example of the work carried out to help victims leave and recover from relationships with toxic people is the conducting group workshops in which work will be done so that the victim can recover two of the aspects that are most damaged after a “zero love” relationship: feelings and self-esteem
In this way, a first part of the work with psychologists will focus on the victim regain your emotional stability Professionals will help you understand the type of relationship you have had and how that relationship has ended up consuming you. Likewise, guidelines will be given by which this be able to identify psychopathic subjects so that it does not end in another similar relationship.
In addition to trying to get the victim to regain emotional stability, psychologists will work to ensure that increase your self-esteem The perception of themselves that people who have left this type of relationship have is very negative. As we have mentioned, “zero love” has not only affected his emotions but also his physical perception. The victim ends up neglecting his external appearance and health For this reason, specialists put the other focus on self-esteem, which is essential for the emotional recovery of the victim themselves.
Thus, Group workshops aimed at people who have left a toxic relationship are a meeting point so that victims know that they are not alone, learn about other similar experiences and can share their problems, experiences and concerns with others. Having lived with a psychopath requires, due to the traumatic nature of the situation, an evaluation by a psychology professional to detect possible problems of trauma and post-traumatic stress and, if applicable, follow individual psychological treatment to solve the problem.
