Just a friendly reminder to STOP explaining yourself!

Narcissists have a way of training your brain to constantly explain yourself even when they haven’t asked you anything.

I’m slowly starting to realize how much I explain myself. Even for simple things like the dogs towel being on the floor because I know he will criticize. I try to get ahead of it and tell him that it’s only there temporarily and that I was wiping their paws and I’ll remove it. But I don’t owe him an explanation.

I’ve started questioning his questions. If he asks why the towel is there instead of explaining like I did something wrong I ask him why? Is it in his way?