When a narcissist perceives you as powerful, this is what they do to confront you. Narcissists are sadists who enjoy seeing you in pain and distress. They have a pathological need to rob you of your happiness. In the eyes of the narcissist, your every word or action is met with disapproval. When the narcissist sees their victim grow and be accepted by others, it’s the most painful thing they have ever witnessed.
In public, the narcissist is always the good guy, giving the impression that they genuinely care about you. However, they are continually hatching schemes to bring you down from the shadows. To narcissists, your role in their lives remains significant as long as you continue to provide a purpose and satisfy their need for validation. Whether they view you as an insignificant or formidable target, they will attempt to exert their influence over you. Ultimately, it is about the narcissists having control over everything—not you.
How Narcissists Respond
The topic for today is how narcissists respond to people who are not readily persuaded or who are self-assured and know precisely what they want. Because they can’t accept others for who they truly are, narcissists are frequently regarded as haughty. Those resistant to persuasion show confidence, have high self-esteem, and are typically grounded, which makes narcissists feel threatened. This does not prevent them from pursuing the individuals in question, though. No one is an exception when dealing with narcissists. To achieve their ultimate aim, the narcissist will stop at nothing to break those who threaten their control.
No One Is an Exception
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Narcissists believe that to feel better about themselves, they must undermine the self-esteem of people around them. Even though some of us are savvy and robust when it comes to narcissistic tactics, we may not succumb to the love bombing they’re throwing at us. However, they are still motivated to impact our lives and are waiting for the moment we let our guard down.
Love bombing may appear to be the narcissist’s preferred method for obtaining control over people, but they have many tools at their disposal. When they discover that flattery and charm are insufficient, for instance, they will play the victim to garner your pity and compassion. We must recognize that narcissists are indifferent to what others think of them; they simply require material to operate with. This indicates that they count on attention—any form of love, sympathy, or pity they can acquire—because your emotional investment in them shows that they are significant to you and have an impact on your life.
They will continue to work with that angle and add flattery and charm to help seal the deal. If they can make you feel sorry for them, they will. If love bombing fails to gain control and force us to submit to their will, they will often make a last-ditch effort to appeal to our compassion and make us feel sorry for them. In order to avoid doing their duties, they may falsely pretend to be ill. In some instances, kids will intentionally injure themselves to get your attention. These individuals will complain and ask for assistance, claiming they have nowhere else to turn.
When presented with a formidable adversary, narcissists tend to adopt a weak stance. To gain your trust, they penetrate your life by acting vulnerable and lowly. They want to destroy you gradually, penetrating every aspect of your life until you let down your guard. You may have helped them out of a ditch, but at the end of the day, they may hurl you back into the ditch and continue on their path without remorse.
Always Use Caution
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Narcissists will either profess to be in love with you or pose as a victim to deceive you. When they successfully defeat a notable individual— which in this case is you—it provides them with a significant boost to their self-esteem, leading them to believe that their own power and supremacy are higher. They will do it joyfully and then cast you out once they have extracted all they can from you.
If they are unable to directly affect you and bring you to your knees, they have only one option left: they will act as if they admire you and want to learn from you wherever you go. However, the narcissist has few options in this circumstance because you have a strong mentality, and they did not get to know you well enough to discover any possible vulnerabilities or secrets. Therefore, their alternative is to concentrate on individuals who are physically close to you.
The narcissist will utilize everyone who falls for their falsehoods and believes them to acquire access to your life or simply to gather more information about you. Narcissists are expert deceivers; they will seek a tight relationship with a close friend or family member. They will do everything in their power to make you uncomfortable and to turn your friends and family against you. They have one goal in mind: to cause people to despise you.
They desire attention from others because they perceive you as a threat. The narcissist is never content with simply disliking, betraying, or abandoning you; they will continually look for new ways to harm you and want everyone in your environment to participate. Because of this, they exploit any opportunity to spread false rumors and engage in gossip about others.
They Will Take Extraordinary Measures
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For instance, they will take extraordinary measures to have you fired from your job. Even if you are working well, you will no longer be able to work there if everyone is against you. People like them will accuse you of actions you did not commit. When the narcissist realizes that you are more well-liked and esteemed than they are, they will become obsessed with bringing you down. They will do this out of fear of what you will do to them.
The goal of a narcissist’s life is to obtain everything that he or she does not currently own. For them, dominance is everything; therefore, they will manipulate, cheat, steal, and lie to gain access to your life. They can’t tolerate it when others are more successful than they are. In their thoughts, they are poor when others recognize their created identities. They despise it when we do not fall for their deception and become entangled in their webs.
These individuals despise our high moral standards and independence. As a result, they attempt to steal these things from us and destroy us in the process. The narcissist is now prepared to defeat you, regardless of how simple or difficult a target you may be for them. If they are unable to win you over by love bombing or playing the victim, they will resort to dishonest tactics and recruit the aid of a person you know and trust.
This implies that you must comprehend their techniques and strategies and realize that this will always be the case, regardless of how far you progress. No matter how far you climb the social ladder, a narcissist will continue to attempt to bring you down. Consequently, I will continue to remind you to be cautious and vigilant.
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