Number 3: stay calm and hold your ground when they try to upset you.
Narcissists require supply, positive or negative, from others to feel complete. They want you to feel anger, distress, or contrition so that they can feel in control of you and your emotions. It does not matter what kind of reaction you give them, positive or negative. And if you are lashing out, crying or apologizing, or being happy with them, giving them attention, buying them gifts, taking them out, doing this, that, and the other, it does not matter. As long as you react, they win, and that is what you have to work on. Managing your emotions around a narcissist is extremely important because your reaction is what drives them.
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As long as they can get a reaction from you, they would keep getting supplies from you, and they would keep abusing and torturing you. The best way to drive them crazy is to be in control of your emotions and not react. And how you can do that is you have to become intentional in how you experience your emotions and feelings. You have to deliberately practice observing your emotions and not act on the impulses. As long as you can do that, you would have the upper hand in the game, and the narcissist would not be able to make you tiptoe around them as long as you know what you’re feeling. The narcissist would not be able to decide what you should feel. Keep it as neutral as possible.
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