Narcissists are fueled by hatred, and they do not spare anyone when it comes to projecting it. They will find something to hate in the very things the rest of the world adores—things that make people feel warm, safe, and connected. They’re miserable, so they see misery everywhere. They hate anything full of life or color because they are lifeless inside.
Today, we will talk about three living things a narcissist hates the most—and it’s not you. These things are high on their hate list because they are emotionally free, spiritually unchained, and, in a narcissist’s world, that is the ultimate insult.
Number One: Cats
Not all narcissists hate cats, but many do. Some will even go out of their way to post pictures with them or hold them like props in front of others, calling themselves cat lovers to paint a particular image. However, if you scratch just beneath the surface, you will find a pattern: many narcissists are deeply triggered by cats. Why? Because cats do not play by anyone’s rules. They choose when they want affection, come and go on their own terms, and do not perform tricks to please. They do not beg; they are sovereign. That is what drives a narcissist mad.
You know how cats are, right? They’re not submissive; they do not need you to be happy. They may curl into your lap and purr softly as if they have known you forever, but the next minute, if something feels off, they leap away, flick their tail, and go sit somewhere else. For a narcissist, that rejection is a direct injury to their ego. If the cat does not sit in their lap when summoned, or does not return the affection when offered, it is seen not as an innocent choice, but as an insult.
My father, for example, hated my cat. No exaggeration—he hated her with a kind of irrational rage that only a narcissist can justify in their twisted mind. He hated both the cat I had as a child and the one I got later; both faced the same wrath. He would throw whatever he could grab just to chase her away, yelling and swearing, full of venom over an animal simply existing in the same room. And what did the cat do? She would sit near me, brush up against my leg—she was mine, not his—and she would not obey him. Narcissists do not want companions; they want servants. When a cat does not comply, when it walks away without a care, the narcissist sees it as defiance.
The truth is, they can’t stand anything with a strong personality of its own—whether it is a cat, a dog with boundaries, or even a partner who says no with confidence. The narcissist begins to rot with resentment. Some narcissists will keep pets, sure, but you need to look closer. They only love the ones that act like props: the lap dogs, the overly obedient ones, the ones that give them attention on command or validate their power. Even then, the affection is conditional. When no one is watching, they ignore them; when the pet misbehaves, they punish them.
Number Two: Babies
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