What happens when you ignore a Narcissist?

127,002
0
Published 2022-10-10
Narcissists have a strong need for attention and admiration from others. But what happens when you no longer give them that attention? This could be asserting boundaries, start to use the Grey Rock method, or decide to go no contact. How do narcissistic people react?

This video outlines some of the common reactions they employ to get your attention back, and some of the motivations and reasons behind that behaviour.

00:00 Introduction
00:43 Characteristics of narcissism
01:26 Silent treatment
01:55 Romance/bribery
02:40 Trying to reason
03:08 Stalking
03:57 Recruit flying monkeys
04:50 Emotional blackmail
05:20 Aggression
05:56 Motivations

Other videos you might find interesting:
How covert narcissists manipulate
   • How Covert Narcissists Manipulate  
How narcissists make their victims look like villains
   • Seven ways narcissists make victims l...  
How Narcissists Bully Others
   • Narcissistic Bullying  
Narcissist's Superiority Complex
   • The Narcissist's False Superiority Co...  

Please feel free to suggest any topics you might like me to cover in future videos in the comment section.

If you find this video interesting please consider supporting me on Patreon or Substack
www.patreon.com/dfmagee
darrenfmagee.substack.com/

#narcissism #narcissistrelationship #narcissistsurvivor

All Comments (21)
  • @bobbarker1798
    I liked the silent treatment. It was so much better than the gaslighting, harassment, irritability, lies, and manipulations of everyday life.😀
  • They destroy you. You can not have them in your life and ignore them. You can only run away. Dreadful people who represent everything that is wrong with humanity.
  • It took 42 years for me to realise what was 'wrong' with me. It wasn't me, but my narcissistic mother.
  • @MT-bc1we
    They feign concern about you to others as a means of gathering information. People don't know they're being played by the narcissist.
  • @joanofarcxxi
    Worst thing you can do to a narcissist it to ignore them. It almost kills them.
  • @popmonika
    When you ignore them, they self destruct literally... It's like their world comes apart and they even resort to any crazy behavior to get your attention... Positive or negative... Quite scary really.
  • They will ignore you and try to make it seem like they discarded you first. They are truly odd people.
  • @jg5930
    They always lurk in the background stalking or getting their friends to stalk you for them 😖. Keep ignoring them!
  • @mzliberty7647
    beware of the historical grudge, after 35 yrs of 'no contact' with my covert narcissist mother, she injected her self back into my life, with malicious intent. do not underestimate the vindictiveness' of the narcissist.
  • When you ignore them while simultaneously making them expose themselves, they lose their shyte big time.
  • I avoided my natcissistic friend almost everyday due to her behaviors and she was always the victim of it, taking no responsibility for actually being the cause of it. I avoided her because she acted entitled to all of my time and would stalk me, harass and guilt trip mainly. She also always offered to pay for things like a kind gesture but really i think it was to try and keep me indebted to her.
  • @rayjay1543
    What happens when you ignore a narcissist to the point of full no contact? Life gets soooooo much better 😎😎😎😎👍👍
  • @panfried7566
    narcissists are #1 guilt-trippers. they prey on your goodness, your integrity, your "promises" to them to reel you back in the ring for another 15 rounds of abuse.
  • My narcissist father would use shaming. He was so afraid I would do better in life then he had done. I eventually developed a thick skin to his comments and went no contact. At one point after I became an adult he was angry (I won't go into why, it would take to long to explain) and told me that he hated me and that his one regret was that he didn't slit my throat when I was a baby. He was hoping I would break down crying. I had stopped caring a long time before that. Someone told me after he had passed that he did not understand why I "turned my back on him" as if he had done nothing to cause that.
  • @alcatrazclad
    This describes my father exactly. This describes how he had treated me as his only kid and how he has treated my mother. My life is that much more peaceful since I stopped talking to him.
  • The best quote I've heard is "If you are worried you might be a narcissist, you probably aren't one."
  • A narc will try to 'get even', get revenge, redouble their narc efforts and ways,. try to.'make you pay' for ignoring them, and of course all this can be overt or covert. Not a very nice person. Best advice---dump, discard, or disconnect as much as humanly possible such a person.
  • @Portia620
    This can also happen to the victims they can become very aggressive and sometimes kill themselves or lose it on other people because we got a remember these people have complex PTSD and push too far can be a really bad thing for someone that can’t control themselves. When you take a human being and you take everything away from them then that becomes a very dangerous place to be especially after years of abuse with the family and the ex-husband all working together with generational abuse it takes a hell of a person to get out of this mess you have to be strong.
  • I've had to ignore and distance myself from a narcissist recently too and I'm waiting on the smear campaigns to begin because I'm no longer giving him attention. He had me fooled in the beginning with shiny love bombs but something inside kept warning me he was too good to be true. Thanks for the video Darren and best wishes ☀️
  • At 5:04 "What about the cat?" 😂 so true they will throw any excuse to get you to stay