How Does A Narcissist Manipulate Someone?

Narcissists use a variety of manipulative tactics to control and dominate their victims, often making it difficult for the victim to recognise the abuse and break free from it.

Narcissists use control, triangulation and lovebombing.

Here are some common methods narcissists employ to manipulate others:

🚩#LoveBombing: At the beginning of a relationship, a narcissist might shower their target with excessive attention, flattery, and affection to quickly gain their trust and admiration.

🚩#Gaslighting: Narcissists frequently use gaslighting to make their victims doubt their own perceptions, memories, and sanity. This involves denying reality, trivializing the victim's feelings, and manipulating evidence.

🚩#Triangulation: This tactic involves bringing a third party into the relationship, either real or fabricated, to create jealousy, competition, and insecurity in the victim. It can also be used to isolate the victim from others.

🚩#Projection: Narcissists often project their own negative traits and behaviours onto others, accusing the victim of the very things they themselves are guilty of, such as lying, cheating, or being manipulative.

🚩#BlameShifting: When confronted with their behaviour, narcissists rarely take responsibility. Instead, they shift the blame onto the victim or others, making them feel guilty and responsible for the narcissist's actions.

🚩#Hoovering: After a period of separation or conflict, a narcissist might attempt to "suck" the victim back into the relationship with promises of change, apologies, or declarations of love, only to resume their abusive behaviour once the victim is back under their control.

🚩#SilentTreatment: By giving the victim the silent treatment by ignoring phone calls, blanking them or ghosting them, the narcissist punishes them and creates anxiety and desperation, forcing the victim to seek reconciliation and comply with the narcissist’s demands.

🚩#Devaluation: After initially idealising their victim, narcissists will eventually start to devalue and criticise them, breaking down their self-esteem and making them feel unworthy. This is a method to gain full control, as the victim will be too scared to leave, or might worry that no one will love them again.

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