5. Don’t try and beat them at their own game
Sometimes when we discover what a narcissist has actually done behind our backs, and the harm that they haven’t intentionally caused, we want to react and get revenge. It certainly is normal to want to get even with people like this, but you need to remember, most narcissists have spent their lives perfecting their manipulation and smear campaigns.
These people are more manipulative and do more things in one week than some people commit in their entire life. The only thing that a narcissist truly cares about is winning, at all costs, and in all circumstances, and because this has been a pattern of behavior, they have adopted when they were very young.
If you try and go up against a narcissist, it would be a war between a seasoned pro and a complete amateur. Chances are you’re not going to win, and in fact, it will escalate the abuse of behaviors of the narcissist. Just don’t challenge them, stay true to your values and who you are as a person. It just isn’t worth it.
6. Don’t take their actions personally
This is a hard one, but it’s so important to understand that narcissists take advantage of anyone that they can. They will say and do the most hurtful and cruel things to the people who are closest to them.
So you have got to understand that it is not you, they would treat anyone like this given the opportunity. This is just how they are made, this is what they do, this is what they do to make themselves feel superior, is to degrade and humiliate other people. It’s not personal, even though their hatred may be aimed at you, it is not you, it is nothing personal, it is just what these people do. And if they were not doing it to you, trust me, they would be doing and saying the same things to someone else.
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