As the Narc is getting ready to discard, the devalue stage is in full force – you’ve been devalued throughout after the love bombing stage, but this is when he/she ramps up the abuse. While you are trying to figure out what is going on, the Narc is on the prowl for his/her next victim…

The answer lies, in my opinion, in the fact that we will only say something if we have something interesting to say. We don’t really care to react for the sake of reacting, and are okay with awkward silences…

Although allergies don’t usually directly increase blood pressure, they can contribute indirectly to high blood pressure in two very different ways. Decongestants commonly used by people with allergies, such as pseudoephedrine (Sudafed, Actifed, others) and phenylephrine (Sudafed PE), constrict small blood vessels in the nose.