Yes, yes, yes! And because I see we're at that place again where confusion arises due to reports of ET's seemingly conflicting behavior, I'll mention again that I have decades of personal experience with a narcissistic manipulator and I can tell you first-hand that these types excel at taking you on a emotional rollercoaster of such extremes that often times, you don't know what hit you until it's too late. Being caught up in this type of relationship is dangerous, even without the predator element that exists in this particular instance, as you lose all sense of your individuality and your judgement gets skewed very easily. You're submissive and co-dependent one minute, then repulsed by the other person the next, then lured back into the relationship before you know it. Your behavior when under this "spell" doesn't make logical sense to anyone who hasn't experienced it.
In short, think of all the physically abused people you heard of who kept going back to their abuser and apply that here. Emotional manipulation is a powerful and dangerous weapon that is not nearly talked about enough, IMO.
