When a narcissist collapses, every minute of their life feels like a walk on burning charcoal. The world they once controlled becomes unrecognizable. The praise dries up, the supply disappears, and the lies no longer work. Suddenly, the narcissist finds themselves face to face with a reality they cannot change.
Everyone talks about what a narcissist looks like when they collapse: the rage, the breakdown, the desperation. But no one ever asks the deeper question: how does the narcissist experience their own collapse? What does it feel like from inside their mind—the one they have spent years armoring with illusion, control, and false superiority? That is the part no one wants to touch because it is the most revealing.
When a narcissist collapses, it’s not just their world falling apart; it is their identity. It is like being the captain of a ship who insisted the ocean would obey them. And now that the ship is sinking, they’re still pretending it’s a royal parade. But deep down, they know. They know water is flooding in. Their ego cannot plug the holes, and the ship is going down with no one left on board but them.
The Fragile Self and Defense Mechanisms
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