Going no-contact with a narcissist is a powerful step toward reclaiming your peace and protecting your mental health. However, it often triggers a predictable series of reactions from them. Initially, they’ll bombard you with calls, texts, emails, and social media messages filled with anger, mockery, or emotional manipulation to break your resolve. When that fails, they’ll resort to familiar tactics—love bombing, grand apologies, or empty promises of change—to reel you back in. If you remain firm, they’ll shift gears and seek out a new source of supply, often flaunting a new partner or friend in an attempt to make you jealous or fearful. Finally, when all else fails, they may enter a state of narcissistic collapse marked by desperation, erratic behavior, or outright pleading for your attention. This unraveling happens because you were a major source of their emotional fuel, and without you, they struggle to maintain their carefully crafted illusion of control. The best thing you can do? Stay strong, stay no-contact, and remember their reaction proves how much power you’re taking back.
source: https://www.rebeccazung.com/harnessing-the-power-of-silence-against-a-narcissist/
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