I’m grateful for dating a narcissist via /r/gratitude

All these years of therapy, years of celibacy, all to be (what at the time felt to be) a total meltdown of my psyche and senses at the hands of a narcissist. He brought out the absolute worst from all my childhood trauma. He made me feel small. He antagonized me intentionally. His explosive anger over benign things. And I stayed in it too long until I *finally* went to my therapist about HIM… No, I don't have ROCD. I wasn't detoxing, it wasn't my hormones, it wasn't lack of sleep- it was HIM. He's incapable of recognizing how destructive he is. And there's no cure for narcissism. There's only acknowledgement and the attempt to see how damaging his actions are. That'll never happen. But I'm grateful because now that I've been free of his delusions, I have rebuilt my self esteem, set boundaries, and know for a fact what I will NEVER tolerate again. I'm grateful my central nervous system was destroyed, because in a few short months, I've completely reversed it back to baseline using supplements (saffron and l-theanine). I'm grateful I can move on and find a man who will truly love me, respect me, and honor me, without the unyielding anger and belittling. And I'm grateful he's divorced, for his poor ex and his kids- what must they have endured? And he rarely sees his kids because he doesn't want to be a dad so that's probably best for the kids… hiding behind a screen in 5 min video chats isn't being a dad. So I'm hopeful his kids will avoid triggering him and him lashing out, as he did to me. I'm grateful things are moving upward and onward and I'm no longer being dragged by him to the underworld.