What Narcissists Do When You’re Too Tough to Control, Manipulate, and Dominate

Now, with all of that said, once the narcissist is triggered by your strength, confidence, courage, and personal power, they’ll not only discredit and smear you to others but also jump at every opportunity to knock you down a peg or two. They’ll happily point out any mistakes, flaws, or perceived shortcomings, lest you think too highly of yourself, feel good about yourself in any way, or—God forbid—be seen in a favorable light by anyone else. They don’t like that.

They’ll also hold your past mistakes over your head with a bizarre sense of glee. While they’re at it, they’ll embellish wherever they see fit and run with anything they can latch onto if it serves to make you look or sound like the awful human being they’re desperately trying to convince others you are.

This is just one more tactic the narcissist uses to undermine your sense of self-worth. If they can get away with it, they’ll take great delight in literally holding your past against you. No matter how many legitimate challenges or obstacles you’ve had to work through, how much you’ve had to overcome, how hard you’ve had to work to heal, how much work you’ve done, how far you’ve come, or how much you’ve grown or changed over the years or even decades, anything they can latch onto and run with can and will be used against you.

They’ll also take great pleasure in honing in on your vulnerabilities, with the deliberate intent of causing you to doubt and second-guess yourself and question your own worth. In other words, they’ll deliberately manufacture and then amplify feelings of guilt, shame, fear, inadequacy, and insecurity within you for no other reason than to keep you in line and feeling inferior.

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