Author: C.W.
NARCISSIST TRIANGULATION | DIVIDE AND CONQUER
Triangulation can be defined as an indirect form of communication where one person (usually the narcissist) acts as a messenger between two other people. Or it can be a direct form of communication where one person attempts to draw in an accomplice, to gang up against a third party, to further their agenda.
NARCISSISM – LIVING WITHOUT FEELINGS
In a narcissist’s world, It’s all about them, as Narcissists possess no real empathy, they feign or act empathic, while they delude themselves that they are entitled to special treatment, and to not having to bother with detail or drudgery (Babiak:2006). These narcissists often gather a following of helpers or “sidekicks” to manipulate into doing any effort based work for them. Instead, they spent their time managing their “image”, being a “visionary”, being “strategic”, establishing key “contacts”, that they argue only they are able to successfully do
NARCISSIST SUPPLY AND THE SOURCES OF NARCISSIST SUPPLY
Narcissistic Supply is anything that builds the narcissist’s ego up and re-affirms his feelings of superiority, grandiosity, and entitlement.
LYING BY OMISSION
Trust is fragile. Secrets and lies jeopardize trust and can damage us and our relationships – sometimes irreparably.
But in an intimate relationship, emotional honesty includes allowing our partner to know the core being of who you are. Honesty is more than simply not lying.
A CASE FOR ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
For a lifetime, an event that I had “witnessed” had been long forgotten and shelved into the library of memory. That event, as tragic as what I was “thought” to have seen, wasn’t seen at all. Because of this, there was no need to keep a recall on what was taking place behind a closed bedroom door.