1. They will begin a smear campaign.
The first thing a narcissist will do is start a smear campaign. They will never accept the fact that they can’t control you, and this means they will do whatever they can to find another way to be controlling. They’ll demean you, they’ll ruin your reputation, and they might even intentionally expose any sensitive private information you happen to have to everyone who knows you and even to some people who don’t. And because the narcissist is so good at believing their own lies, they’re gonna seem genuine here. They’re gonna seem like they are worried about you or they’re just so shocked you do something like this. In other words, they’re gonna play this game in a way that makes it believable, which means your reputation will be ruined in no time if they have anything to say about it.
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2. They will play the victim.
During and after the smear campaign, the narcissist will play the victim. They will act like you’re the one who caused the whole issue, and/or they’ll pretend you just went crazy and ran away. This is a narcissistic injury in action. By going to other people and causing them to feel sorry for them, the narcissist reiterates their point – they believe they have been wronged by you. Yep, they’ll take advantage of that poor-me act, and they will literally do this without remorse for as long as they feel like doing it. An added benefit of this is that it helps them to get some replacement narcissistic supply in the meantime.
See, the people they whine about you to will, of course, be sympathetic toward them because, after all, the narcissist has actually convinced themselves that what they’re saying is true. So, given that fact, even the most skilled empath probably won’t know they’re lying in some cases because they seem so believable, which means they will happily dole out the attention that the narcissist craves.
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