7. Setting firm boundaries.
One of the best ways to cope with a narcissist’s never-ending manipulation tactics is to set boundaries and remain firm. It is also a thing that will infuriate the narcissistic person. Narcissists will always expect relationships to be one-way streets: they will require endless freedom and zero responsibility and accountability in their relationships but will insist that the other person tolerate their constant boundary violation.
Since they objectify people and view them as disposable sources of attention- narcissistic supply, that is- they are likely to react poorly to strict boundaries they are not allowed to regularly cross.
8. Implication that they may lose power and control in the relationship.
If a narcissist senses that the other person in the relationship may be tired of constant manipulation and lies and is ready to do something about it, they won’t be very happy with that. The narcissist thought processes, in this case, can be boiled down to this sentiment: “If anybody is going to set the rules in the relationship or end the relationship, it is going to be me.”
They intensely dislike the idea that the other person is also a human being with agency and can cut their source of narcissistic supply at any time, so they may resort to doubling down on manipulation or lying to keep that person, making false promises to change, offering insincere apologies, or ending the relationships to prove that they are in control even when the relationship is ending.
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