Number 6: Mockery.
At this stage, the narcissist might attack your personal beliefs to start doubting yourself. This is a way the narcissists assert their dominance in a failing relationship, or, in this case, an abandoned one. Your act of leaving them will bruise their ego so badly that they will instead mock you from afar.
What is the best response to this? Just be yourself, and ignore what the narcissist is doing because a narcissist does what a narcissist does. You, as the better person, do not need to entertain toxic people.
Number 7: Feigning indifference.
This may also possibly go to a silent route in which the narcissist will reciprocate the same indifference. This is a common habit the narcissist does, also known as the silent treatment. For narcissists to seem indifferent after being rejected, can be their way of returning the favor that the relationship is over between you both. The narcissist will have no realizations of their own. They will keep acting the same way they do; only now it’ll be to other people.
Number 8: A real change.
Now, ghosting won’t all lead to the relationship’s demise. It can also be a catalyst for a rare kind of reaction that only the brave and potential empaths can commit to and continuously work on. It can be a spark to the chain. Wait, what? Is change really possible with a narcissist?
Related: Do Not Do This When A Relationship Ends With A Narcissist.
A narcissist or a person with narcissistic tendencies isn’t necessarily a hopeless case. We can all agree with this, considering that you’ve even formed a relationship with this person in the first place and may have stuck around longer than you realize. One of our universal characteristics as humans is the ability to change our lives and rewrite the narratives we tell ourselves of who we are.
Once the narcissist is open to this possibility, they are already halfway to reconciling with the traumas, bettering themselves, and how they treat other people. This can be achieved through therapy, deep self-reflection, and a demand for self-awareness. Although it can only be the narcissist’s responsibility to realize all these things as we all should for ourselves.
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