5. Dismissing Your Perspective
To dismiss your perspective remember, when you’re dealing with someone who’s highly narcissistic, your opinion doesn’t matter. It’s all about controlling the narrative. They do this to dismiss your perspective. It’s their way of saying, “You are irrelevant.” They don’t want to hear you; they want to control you. But they also want to control you from the inside out.
6. Triggering Emotional Reactions
They do it to trigger emotional reactions. Remember, a narcissist can’t sustain its energy it needs energy from the outside. When you feel unheard, when you feel dismissed or invalidated, you’re more likely to get upset. If you react emotionally, they’ll use it against you. They’ll call you crazy, or they’ll say that you’re too sensitive, or you’re uncaring, or even overreacting.
7. Extracting Information for Manipulation
They talk over you to extract information for future manipulation. They may ask you probing questions to gather details that they can later use against you whether to guilt-trip you, to blackmail you, or to manipulate your emotions.
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