Stop Being Nice to a Narcissist—Do THIS Instead | Jordan Peterson Motivational Speech

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Resumen

TLDRThe video provides insights on how to deal with narcissists by understanding their manipulative behaviors and maintaining emotional detachment. It explains that narcissists seek control and validation, often using tactics like gaslighting and projection. The key to breaking free from their influence is to stop seeking their approval, enforce personal boundaries, and reclaim one's narrative. True healing comes from within, not from the narcissist's acknowledgment or apology, and the ultimate act of defiance is to thrive independently of their influence.

Para llevar

  • 🧠 Understand that narcissists seek control, not mutual respect.
  • 🔍 Pay attention to patterns of behavior, not just words.
  • 🚫 Stop seeking approval from narcissists to regain power.
  • ⚖️ Set and enforce clear boundaries to protect yourself.
  • 💔 Recognize that closure must come from within, not from the narcissist.
  • 🛑 Detach emotionally to avoid being manipulated.
  • 🔄 Use gray rocking to make yourself uninteresting to them.
  • 💪 Your self-worth is not dependent on their validation.
  • 📖 Reclaim your narrative and stop waiting for their acknowledgment.
  • 🌟 True healing is about thriving without their influence.

Cronología

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    Understanding that narcissists engage differently in relationships, focusing on power rather than mutual respect. Their tactics include gaslighting, manipulation, and undermining confidence, leading to emotional exhaustion for those involved with them.

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    Recognizing that seeking approval from a narcissist is self-destructive, as they do not operate on reciprocity. Their inability to respect others stems from their fragile sense of self, and the key to breaking free is to detach emotionally and stop seeking validation from them.

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    The importance of setting and enforcing boundaries with narcissists, as they do not respect limits unless they are consistently upheld. This requires action and the willingness to walk away from toxic situations, even if it leads to temporary discomfort.

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    Realizing that closure will not come from a narcissist, as they lack the capacity for self-reflection and accountability. True healing comes from reclaiming one's own narrative and moving forward without needing their validation, ultimately leading to personal empowerment.

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Vídeo de preguntas y respuestas

  • What is the primary goal of a narcissist in interactions?

    A narcissist's primary goal is to secure control, attention, and validation on their terms.

  • How do narcissists manipulate their victims?

    Narcissists use tactics like gaslighting, projection, and intermittent reinforcement to manipulate and control others.

  • What should you do to stop being manipulated by a narcissist?

    You should stop seeking their approval, enforce your boundaries, and detach emotionally.

  • What is gaslighting?

    Gaslighting is a tactic used by narcissists to make their victims doubt their own reality and perceptions.

  • How can you regain power over a narcissist?

    By recognizing their tactics, detaching emotionally, and refusing to engage in their manipulative games.

  • What is the importance of setting boundaries with a narcissist?

    Setting boundaries is crucial because it helps you maintain control over your own behavior and well-being.

  • What does it mean to gray rock a narcissist?

    Gray rocking involves making yourself uninteresting and disengaged to reduce the narcissist's emotional fuel.

  • Why is seeking closure from a narcissist often futile?

    Narcissists do not reflect on their actions or feel guilt, so the closure you seek is unlikely to come from them.

  • What is the ultimate form of defiance against a narcissist?

    The ultimate defiance is to stop needing their validation and to reclaim your own self-worth.

  • How can you achieve true healing after dealing with a narcissist?

    True healing comes from within, by recognizing your own worth and moving on without needing their acknowledgment.

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    uh if you're dealing with a narcissist
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    the first thing you need to understand
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    is that they're not engaging with you in
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    the same way you're engaging with them
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    you're operating under the assumption
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    that relationships are built on mutual
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    respect reciprocity and shared
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    understanding that's the framework you
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    bring to the table because it's the
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    framework that allows for Meaningful
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    human connection but the narcissist
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    doesn't see it that way their game is
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    entirely different they are not
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    interested in mutuality they are
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    interested in power a narcissist's
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    primary goal in any interaction is to
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    secure control attention and validation
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    on their terms if that means distorting
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    reality then so be it if it means
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    gaslighting you into questioning your
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    own perceptions they'll do it without
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    hesitation if it means undermining your
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    confidence so that you become more
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    appliable more easily manipulated then
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    that's exactly what they'll pursue and
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    they won't feel guilty about it that's
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    what makes them dangerous now some
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    people make the mistake of thinking that
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    if they just show enough kindness if
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    they're patient enough if they explain
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    things clearly enough The Narcissist
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    will eventually come around but that's
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    an illusion a narcissist does not learn
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    through reason discussion or moral
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    appeals they learn through consequences
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    and if you refuse to recognize this
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    fundamental truth you are setting
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    yourself up for Endless frustration
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    self-doubt and emotional exhaust
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    exhaustion so what does recognizing
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    their tactics actually look like in
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    practice first it means paying attention
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    to patterns rather than words
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    narcissists are experts at saying
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    exactly what you want to hear they'll
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    promise change they'll feain remorse
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    they'll even play the victim to keep you
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    entangled in their web but the real
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    question is what do their actions
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    consistently demonstrate if there is a
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    pattern of deception manipulation or
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    disrespect then that is the truth of the
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    situation regardless of what they say
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    second you must understand that
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    narcissists deploy specific
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    psychological tactics to maintain their
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    dominance one of the most Insidious is
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    gaslighting making you doubt your own
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    reality they'll deny things they've said
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    even when you have evidence they'll
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    rewrite history subtly Shifting The
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    Narrative until you find yourself
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    apologizing for something you didn't
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    even do the more you engage in these
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    arguments the more control they gain
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    because the very Act of Defending
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    yourself places you in a subordinate
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    position you are reacting to them which
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    means they are dictating the terms of
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    the
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    conversation another common tactic is
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    intermittent reinforcement alternating
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    between affection and cruelty in
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    unpredictable Cycles this is powerful
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    because it mirrors the psychological
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    mechanism behind addiction if someone is
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    consistently cruel you will eventually
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    detach but if they occasionally throw in
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    moments of kindness your mind starts
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    chasing the reward hoping that if you
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    just do the right thing you'll get more
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    of the good and less of the bad this
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    creates a toxic dependency where you
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    stay in the relationship not because
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    it's fulfilling but because you're
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    trying to get back to those fleeting
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    moments of warmth that were in reality
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    just another tool of manipulation and
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    then there's projection The Narcissist
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    will accuse you of the very things they
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    are guilty of if they're dishonest
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    they'll call you a liar if they're
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    emotionally unstable they'll claim
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    you're the one being irrational this
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    serves two purposes first it deflects
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    attention away from their own behavior
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    and second it keeps you so busy
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    defending yourself that you don't have
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    time to recognize what's really
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    happening recognizing these tactics is
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    not about becoming cynical or paranoid
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    it's about Clarity it's about stripping
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    away the Illusions and seeing things for
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    what they are because once you see the
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    game you stop playing it and when you
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    stop playing The Narcissist loses their
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    power over you so if you want to stop
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    being controlled stop being manipulated
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    stop being drained Step One is simple
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    see the narcissists for who they truly
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    are not who you wish they were because
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    reality as brutal as it sometimes is
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    will always serve you better than a
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    comforting lie one of the most
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    self-destructive traps you can fall into
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    when dealing with a narcissist is
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    seeking their approval and I don't just
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    mean overtly trying to impress them I
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    mean the subtle almost unconscious ways
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    in which you modify your behavior to
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    avoid their criticism to gain a shred of
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    their acknowledgement or to finally just
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    once be treated with the respect you
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    deserve it's an easy trap to fall into
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    because as human beings we're wired for
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    social reciprocity when we invest in a
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    relationship whether it's personal
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    professional or familial we expect at
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    some fundamental level that our efforts
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    will be recognized that if we just
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    explain ourselves properly if we just
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    demonstrate our loyalty our good
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    intentions our patience then surely at
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    some point the narcissists will
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    acknowledge it and change accordingly
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    but that moment never
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    comes that's because narcissists don't
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    operate within the framework of
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    reciprocity they see your efforts not as
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    a reason to respect you but as
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    confirmation that they control you every
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    time you contort yourself to avoid their
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    disapproval you reinforce their
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    dominance every time you wait for their
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    validation you grant them power over
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    your selfworth and if you think that
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    there's some magic combination of words
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    or actions that will find make them see
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    you for who you really are you are
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    wasting your time because for them the
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    goal posts are always moving the moment
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    you think you've done enough they'll
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    find a new standard to hold you to one
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    they never intend for you to meet it's
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    not about you that's the core
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    realization their inability to respect
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    you is not a reflection of your worth
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    but a consequence of their pathology The
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    Narcissist sense of self is fragile
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    built on an illusion of superiority that
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    must be constantly upheld they cannot
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    canot allow themselves to be wrong
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    because to do so would shatter that
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    illusion they cannot allow others to be
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    truly seen or appreciated because that
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    would mean relinquishing control and so
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    they move through life extracting
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    manipulating diminishing because it's
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    the only way they know how to maintain
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    their inflated self emission once you
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    understand this the correct response
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    becomes clear you must detach
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    emotionally psychologically and where
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    possible physically and that begins with
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    one critical step you must stop looking
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    to them for approval in any form that
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    doesn't mean being rude it doesn't mean
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    retaliating with cruelty it simply means
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    removing
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    yourself from the psychological game
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    they are trying to trap you in so how
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    does this actually play out in the real
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    world it means no longer justifying
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    yourself to them a narcissist thrives on
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    argument because argument implies that
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    their opinion matters the moment you
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    start defending yourself you've already
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    lost because now the conversation is
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    being framed around their perception of
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    you rather than your own intrinsic
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    reality stop explaining yourself to
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    someone who is only looking for
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    ammunition if they distort your words
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    let them if they misrepresent your
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    intentions so be it their perception of
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    you is not your responsibility to fix it
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    also means letting go of the need for
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    closure this is one of the hardest
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    lessons to learn we all want resolution
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    we all want that final moment where the
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    narcissist acknowledges their wrongdoing
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    where they apologize where they finally
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    give us that sense of justice we've been
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    waiting for but that moment isn't coming
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    and the more you chase it the longer you
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    remain ens snared in their web the only
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    closure you will ever get is the one you
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    give yourself the decision to walk away
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    to stop engaging to accept that their
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    recognition is not required for your
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    self-worth to remain intact and perhaps
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    most importantly it means redefining
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    your own source of validation if you've
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    spent years maybe decades adjusting your
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    self permission to fit the expectations
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    of someone who is never capable of
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    valuing you in the first place then it's
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    time to take that power back your worth
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    is not something that exists at the
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    mercy of another person's recognition it
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    is something you must claim for yourself
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    and the moment you do the narcissist
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    loses the very thing that made them
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    powerful over you in the first place
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    because in the end the most radical Act
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    of defiance against a narcissist is
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    simple stop needing them to see you see
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    yourself instead one of the most
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    dangerous mistakes you can make when
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    dealing with a narcissist is assuming
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    that playing by the rules will protect
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    you that if you're fair if you're
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    reasonable if you keep giving them the
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    benefit of the doubt they'll eventually
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    reciprocate but this assumption rests on
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    a flawed premise that the narcissist
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    values fairness that they are respond to
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    reason that they are even playing the
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    same game you are are they're not a
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    narcissist operates within a completely
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    different psychological framework you
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    see most people when they enter into a
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    conflict whether it's a disagreement
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    with a friend a tense conversation with
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    a partner or even a workplace dispute
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    are operating under the assumption that
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    there's some shared objective reality
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    that if both people lay out their
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    perspectives honestly the truth will
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    eventually emerge and some form of
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    resolution can be reached but a
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    narcissist has no interest in resolution
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    their interest is in
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    dominance and that's where you have to
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    stop making the mistake of believing
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    that being the bigger person being
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    endlessly patient endlessly
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    understanding will lead to a
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    breakthrough it won't because to a
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    narcissist your willingness to engage
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    your willingness to keep explaining to
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    keep justifying yourself to keep hoping
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    for a rational response is not seen as
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    strength it's seen as weakness it's an
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    opportunity it tells them that they
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    still have control over your mind your
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    emotions your actions it tells them that
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    you are still playing their game even if
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    you don't realize it so what do you do
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    instead you stop reacting the way they
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    want you to you stop giving them the
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    emotional fuel they thrive on because
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    here's something important to
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    understand narcissists are not self
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    sustaining they they don't generate
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    their own sense of stability their own
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    sense of identity their own sense of
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    worth they extract it from others that's
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    why they provoke why they manipulate why
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    they create conflict where none should
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    exist it's all an attempt to keep you
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    engaged because engagement equals power
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    if you want to disarm a narcissist you
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    must remove that power and that begins
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    with mastering something that is both
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    incredibly simple and Incredibly
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    difficult emotional Detachment now I
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    don't mean suppressing your emotions
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    entirely That's not healthy and it's not
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    sustainable what I mean is developing
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    the ability to remain unaffected by
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    their
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    provocations to recognize that their
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    attempts to guilt you to bait you to
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    drag you into another cycle of argument
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    and justification are nothing more than
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    a strategy to keep you under their
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    influence this is where the concept of
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    gray rocking comes in it's a
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    psychological technique that involves
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    making yourself as uninteresting as
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    unemotional and as disengaged as
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    possible when dealing with a narcissist
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    they thrive on reactions whether it's
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    anger frustration sadness or even
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    affection because reactions mean they're
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    still in control but if you refuse to
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    engage if you stop giving them the
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    dramatic emotional response they crave
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    they lose their leverage they get bored
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    they move on but let's be clear this
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    isn't easy it's not easy to sit in the
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    presence of someone who is deliberately
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    trying to provoke you and refuse to take
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    the bait it's not easy to hear
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    outrageous accusations and choose not to
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    defend yourself it's not easy to watch
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    them rewrite history and smear your name
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    and simply say believe what you want but
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    it is necessary because every time you
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    engage every time you fight back every
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    time you try to prove yourself to
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    someone who has no interest in truth you
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    are feeding the very Dynamic that is
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    draining you this is a form of
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    psychological self-discipline it's the
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    ability to say I do not need this
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    person's validation I do not need to
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    correct their false narrative I do not
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    need to win their approval or prove my
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    worth in their eyes and when you reach
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    that level of Detachment you become
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    Untouchable because a narcissist cannot
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    control what they cannot provoke in the
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    end the most powerful response to a
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    narcissist is not anger it's not even
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    confrontation it's indifference when
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    they realize they no longer have the
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    ability to pull you into their chaos
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    they lose interest and that is when you
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    finally regain your freedom one of the
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    greatest traps you can fall into when
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    dealing with a narcissist is engaging in
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    the endless cycle of conflict they
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    create you might think that if you can
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    just make them understand your
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    perspective if you can finally prove
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    your point if you can get them to
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    acknowledge their behavior then
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    everything will
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    change but that's an illusion a
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    narcissist doesn't argue to resolve
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    anything they argue to dominate their
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    goal is not to find the truth not to
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    come to a mutual understanding not even
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    to prove their right in any coherent way
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    their goal is to keep you entangled to
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    keep you emotionally invested to keep
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    you reacting because as long as you're
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    reacting you're still in the game
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    and as long as you're in the game they
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    still have power over you think about
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    how this plays out you bring up an issue
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    something they did that was
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    disrespectful dishonest or hurtful a
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    normal person even if they don't agree
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    would at least attempt to understand
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    your perspective they'd engage in good
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    faith but what does the narcissist do
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    they deflect they shift the blame they
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    bring up something completely unrelated
  • 00:13:51
    that you did six months ago they twist
  • 00:13:53
    your words they accuse you of being the
  • 00:13:56
    problem and before you know it you're no
  • 00:13:59
    longer discussing the issue at hand
  • 00:14:01
    you're defending yourself and that's
  • 00:14:04
    where they win cuz the moment you start
  • 00:14:06
    defending yourself the conversation is
  • 00:14:08
    no longer about their behavior it's
  • 00:14:11
    about proving your innocence they've
  • 00:14:13
    successfully turned the tables now
  • 00:14:15
    you're on trial now you're expending all
  • 00:14:19
    of your mental and emotional energy
  • 00:14:20
    justifying
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    yourself while they sit back and watch
  • 00:14:24
    you exhaust yourself in a battle that
  • 00:14:26
    was never meant to be fair in the first
  • 00:14:28
    place so how do you stop this how do you
  • 00:14:30
    remove yourself from this psychological
  • 00:14:32
    warfare you learn to disengage you stop
  • 00:14:35
    justifying yourself you stop explaining
  • 00:14:38
    you stop trying to win a debate that was
  • 00:14:40
    never designed to be winnable now that
  • 00:14:42
    doesn't mean you let them walk all over
  • 00:14:44
    you it doesn't mean you tolerate abuse
  • 00:14:47
    or stay silent in the face of Injustice
  • 00:14:49
    it means you refuse to participate in a
  • 00:14:52
    rigged game it means you set boundaries
  • 00:14:55
    that are not up for negotiation a
  • 00:14:57
    narcissist thrives on on emotional chaos
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    and they will do everything in their
  • 00:15:01
    power to keep you off balance if you say
  • 00:15:03
    I won't tolerate being spoken to that
  • 00:15:05
    way they'll push harder to see if you
  • 00:15:07
    really mean it if you say I won't engage
  • 00:15:10
    in this kind of argument they'll try to
  • 00:15:12
    provoke you until you break your own
  • 00:15:14
    rule because if they can get you to
  • 00:15:17
    react they win they've proven that your
  • 00:15:19
    boundaries are just words so your job is
  • 00:15:21
    to make sure they aren't your job is to
  • 00:15:23
    follow through if you say you're leaving
  • 00:15:25
    the conversation leave if you say you
  • 00:15:28
    w't tolerate disrespect don't if you say
  • 00:15:31
    you won't explain yourself stop
  • 00:15:33
    explaining because the moment a
  • 00:15:35
    narcissist realizes that their usual
  • 00:15:36
    tactics no longer work on you they start
  • 00:15:39
    to lose interest you are no longer the
  • 00:15:41
    easy target they once thought you were
  • 00:15:43
    but here's the hard part standing firm
  • 00:15:45
    in your boundaries means tolerating
  • 00:15:47
    discomfort it means resisting the urge
  • 00:15:49
    to correct them when they lie about you
  • 00:15:51
    it means resisting the urge to defend
  • 00:15:53
    yourself when they twist The Narrative
  • 00:15:55
    it means accepting that they will never
  • 00:15:58
    see the truth truth because they don't
  • 00:16:00
    want to and that's okay your peace your
  • 00:16:04
    dignity your self-respect these things
  • 00:16:07
    do not depend on their recognition they
  • 00:16:10
    depend on your ability to walk away from
  • 00:16:12
    pointless battles to refuse to be baited
  • 00:16:16
    to prioritize your own well-being over
  • 00:16:18
    the illusion of winning an argument
  • 00:16:19
    because in the end the real Victory
  • 00:16:21
    isn't proving a narcissist
  • 00:16:23
    wrong is proving to yourself that you no
  • 00:16:27
    longer need their validation at all
  • 00:16:29
    there's a hard truth you have to come to
  • 00:16:31
    terms with when dealing with a
  • 00:16:32
    narcissist they will never respect your
  • 00:16:34
    boundaries unless you enforce them and
  • 00:16:36
    enforcement doesn't mean explaining your
  • 00:16:38
    boundaries over and over hoping they'll
  • 00:16:40
    finally understand it doesn't mean
  • 00:16:42
    making threats you don't follow through
  • 00:16:44
    on it doesn't mean hoping they'll
  • 00:16:46
    suddenly develop self-awareness and
  • 00:16:48
    start treating you with the respect you
  • 00:16:49
    deserve it means action it means
  • 00:16:52
    consequences you see a narcissist
  • 00:16:53
    doesn't recognize boundaries in the way
  • 00:16:55
    a healthy person does a healthy person
  • 00:16:58
    when this behavior is unacceptable and I
  • 00:17:01
    won't tolerate it will at least pause
  • 00:17:03
    and reflect they may not always agree
  • 00:17:05
    but they'll respect that you have a
  • 00:17:07
    right to draw the line somewhere a
  • 00:17:09
    narcissist on the other hand sees your
  • 00:17:12
    boundaries as a challenge an obstacle to
  • 00:17:14
    overcome a test of how much they can get
  • 00:17:17
    away with and they will keep pushing
  • 00:17:19
    until they find the breaking point this
  • 00:17:21
    is why half measures don't work if you
  • 00:17:23
    set a boundary but don't enforce it all
  • 00:17:25
    you've really done is teach the
  • 00:17:26
    narcissist that your words mean nothing
  • 00:17:29
    that if they push hard enough if they
  • 00:17:31
    apply enough pressure if they create
  • 00:17:32
    enough guilt you'll cave and once they
  • 00:17:35
    know that once they see that your limits
  • 00:17:37
    are negotiable they'll exploit that
  • 00:17:39
    knowledge relentlessly so what does real
  • 00:17:41
    enforcement look like it means being
  • 00:17:43
    willing to walk away from conversations
  • 00:17:45
    that cross the line it means removing
  • 00:17:47
    yourself from toxic situations even if
  • 00:17:49
    it causes temporary discomfort it means
  • 00:17:52
    understanding that you don't have to
  • 00:17:53
    argue negotiate or explain yourself
  • 00:17:55
    endlessly you simply have to act and
  • 00:17:59
    here's where people struggle because
  • 00:18:01
    action is difficult it's uncomfortable
  • 00:18:04
    there's a cost to it setting an
  • 00:18:05
    enforcing boundaries means accepting
  • 00:18:07
    that the narcissist will react badly and
  • 00:18:09
    they will they will accuse you of being
  • 00:18:11
    selfish of being cruel of being
  • 00:18:12
    unreasonable they will play the victim
  • 00:18:14
    they will lash out because they have no
  • 00:18:16
    interest in respecting your boundaries
  • 00:18:19
    their only interest is in making sure
  • 00:18:20
    you feel guilty enough to drop them and
  • 00:18:23
    this is where you have to be strong
  • 00:18:25
    enough to tolerate the discomfort of
  • 00:18:27
    doing what's necessary you have to
  • 00:18:29
    accept that when you start enforcing
  • 00:18:31
    boundaries The Narcissist will escalate
  • 00:18:34
    if they used to manipulate you subtly
  • 00:18:36
    they might start attacking you outright
  • 00:18:38
    if they used to guilt trip you they
  • 00:18:40
    might start playing the victim more
  • 00:18:41
    dramatically if they used to rely on
  • 00:18:43
    charm they might switch to outright
  • 00:18:45
    hostility this is called an Extinction
  • 00:18:47
    burst a last ditch effort to regain
  • 00:18:51
    control when they realize their usual
  • 00:18:54
    tactics aren't working and this is the
  • 00:18:56
    moment where most people fail because
  • 00:18:59
    it's in this moment that the pressure
  • 00:19:00
    feels unbearable the accusations the
  • 00:19:03
    guilt the manipulation it all
  • 00:19:05
    intensifies and if you're not prepared
  • 00:19:06
    for it you'll give in you know think
  • 00:19:09
    maybe I'm being too harsh maybe I should
  • 00:19:11
    just explain myself one more time and
  • 00:19:14
    the moment you do the narcissist knows
  • 00:19:18
    they still have control over you they'll
  • 00:19:19
    pull back act as if everything's fine
  • 00:19:21
    for a little while and then slowly but
  • 00:19:23
    surely start pushing again the only way
  • 00:19:26
    to break this cycle is to stop giving
  • 00:19:28
    them a reason to believe they can change
  • 00:19:30
    your mind to make it clear through
  • 00:19:32
    action not words that your boundaries
  • 00:19:35
    are real that they are not up for
  • 00:19:37
    negotiation and that violating them has
  • 00:19:40
    consequences that might mean cutting
  • 00:19:42
    contact it might mean disengaging
  • 00:19:45
    emotionally it might mean refusing to
  • 00:19:47
    respond to provocations whatever the
  • 00:19:48
    situation calls for the key is
  • 00:19:50
    consistency because in the end
  • 00:19:52
    boundaries are not about controlling The
  • 00:19:54
    Narcissist Behavior you will never
  • 00:19:56
    control them they will always do what's
  • 00:19:58
    serves their ego their control their
  • 00:20:02
    power boundaries are about controlling
  • 00:20:04
    your own behavior about deciding what
  • 00:20:07
    you will and will not tolerate about
  • 00:20:09
    choosing to remove yourself from
  • 00:20:11
    situations that drain you about
  • 00:20:13
    prioritizing your own well-being over
  • 00:20:15
    the illusion that you can change them
  • 00:20:18
    and when you finally do that when you
  • 00:20:19
    finally enforce boundaries with
  • 00:20:21
    unwavering resolve something remarkable
  • 00:20:25
    happens The Narcissist loses their RP on
  • 00:20:29
    you their power Fades you begin to
  • 00:20:31
    reclaim something they were never meant
  • 00:20:32
    to have in the first place your autonomy
  • 00:20:36
    your dignity your peace and that is a
  • 00:20:39
    battle worth winning one of the most
  • 00:20:42
    difficult realizations you'll have when
  • 00:20:44
    dealing with a narcissist is
  • 00:20:46
    understanding that they will never give
  • 00:20:48
    you
  • 00:20:49
    closure that apology you're waiting for
  • 00:20:52
    that moment where they finally
  • 00:20:54
    acknowledge the pain they caused you
  • 00:20:55
    it's not coming and the longer you wait
  • 00:20:57
    for it the longer you stay trapped in
  • 00:20:59
    their psychological web because here's
  • 00:21:01
    the thing narcissists don't reflect on
  • 00:21:04
    their actions the way healthy people do
  • 00:21:07
    they don't lie awake at night wrestling
  • 00:21:09
    with guilt wondering how they can make
  • 00:21:10
    things right they don't replay the past
  • 00:21:12
    and think maybe I went too far that's
  • 00:21:15
    not how their mind
  • 00:21:16
    works their concern is not the truth
  • 00:21:19
    their concern is maintaining control and
  • 00:21:21
    if that means rewriting history if that
  • 00:21:23
    means making you the villain if that
  • 00:21:25
    means distorting reality so thoroughly
  • 00:21:27
    that even you begin to doubt yourself
  • 00:21:29
    then that is exactly what they will do
  • 00:21:31
    and if you're not careful you will spend
  • 00:21:34
    years maybe even decades trying to
  • 00:21:37
    extract something from them that they
  • 00:21:38
    are fundamentally incapable of giving
  • 00:21:41
    you will hold out hope that if you just
  • 00:21:42
    say the right thing if you just prove
  • 00:21:44
    your point convincingly enough they'll
  • 00:21:46
    finally see they won't not because the
  • 00:21:48
    truth isn't clear but because admitting
  • 00:21:50
    it would mean relinquishing the power
  • 00:21:52
    they have over you so you have a choice
  • 00:21:56
    you can keep chasing an apology that
  • 00:21:57
    will never come
  • 00:21:59
    you can keep replaying conversations in
  • 00:22:01
    your head imagining different outcomes
  • 00:22:03
    trying to make sense of something that
  • 00:22:05
    was never meant to make
  • 00:22:07
    sense why or you can decide that your
  • 00:22:11
    healing is not dependent on them you can
  • 00:22:13
    decide that closure is something you
  • 00:22:15
    give to yourself and that's not easy
  • 00:22:18
    because we are wired to seek resolution
  • 00:22:21
    our minds crave order narrative
  • 00:22:23
    coherence when someone wrongs us when
  • 00:22:25
    they betray our trust when they inflict
  • 00:22:27
    wounds that linger we want
  • 00:22:30
    acknowledgement we want Justice we want
  • 00:22:33
    the story to have a clean ending but
  • 00:22:36
    life is messy and when you're dealing
  • 00:22:38
    with a narcissist the ending you want
  • 00:22:42
    the resolution where they finally take
  • 00:22:44
    accountability is an illusion so what do
  • 00:22:46
    you do instead you reclaim your own
  • 00:22:48
    narrative you stop waiting for them to
  • 00:22:51
    set you free and you set yourself free
  • 00:22:54
    that means accepting that some people
  • 00:22:56
    will never understand what they did to
  • 00:22:57
    you and choosing to move forward anyway
  • 00:23:00
    that means letting go of the idea that
  • 00:23:02
    their validation is necessary for your
  • 00:23:04
    healing it's not it never was and that's
  • 00:23:07
    where true power lies because as long as
  • 00:23:09
    you're waiting for them to acknowledge
  • 00:23:13
    the truth they still have control over
  • 00:23:15
    you as long as you're hoping for a
  • 00:23:17
    Moment of clarity from them they still
  • 00:23:20
    dictate your emotional state but the
  • 00:23:22
    moment you stop seeking their validation
  • 00:23:25
    the moment you decide that their opinion
  • 00:23:27
    their version of events their refusal to
  • 00:23:29
    acknowledge reality is irrelevant that
  • 00:23:31
    is the moment you win that is the moment
  • 00:23:33
    they lose their hold on you and here is
  • 00:23:35
    the Paradox the less you need closure
  • 00:23:38
    from them the more power you have over
  • 00:23:40
    your own life the moment you stop
  • 00:23:42
    explaining stop defending stop waiting
  • 00:23:45
    you become Untouchable because a
  • 00:23:46
    narcissist's greatest weapon is their
  • 00:23:48
    ability to manipulate your need for
  • 00:23:51
    resolution take that away and they have
  • 00:23:54
    nothing healing from a narcissist isn't
  • 00:23:56
    about getting them to see what they've
  • 00:23:58
    done it's about seeing it clearly
  • 00:24:00
    yourself it's about recognizing that
  • 00:24:03
    their lack of accountability is not a
  • 00:24:05
    reflection of your worth but of their
  • 00:24:07
    own Brokenness is about understanding
  • 00:24:09
    that closure doesn't come from them it
  • 00:24:11
    comes from you finally deciding that you
  • 00:24:13
    don't need their permission to move on
  • 00:24:15
    and when you do that when you truly let
  • 00:24:17
    go something remarkable happens the
  • 00:24:19
    weight they placed on you begins to
  • 00:24:21
    lift the anger the confusion the
  • 00:24:25
    self-doubt it starts to fade not because
  • 00:24:28
    what they did was okay but because
  • 00:24:29
    you've chosen to no longer let it Define
  • 00:24:33
    you in the end the greatest revenge
  • 00:24:35
    against a narcissist isn't proving them
  • 00:24:38
    wrong it isn't making them apologize it
  • 00:24:42
    isn't even exposing them it's thriving
  • 00:24:45
    without them it's living a life so full
  • 00:24:48
    so independent so Unshackled from their
  • 00:24:52
    influence that they become nothing more
  • 00:24:54
    than a distant
  • 00:24:56
    memory a lesson learned a chapter
  • 00:24:59
    closed and that that is real closure
Etiquetas
  • narcissism
  • manipulation
  • gaslighting
  • boundaries
  • emotional detachment
  • self-worth
  • validation
  • psychological tactics
  • healing
  • closure