A narcissist wants to be treated like royalty, obeyed like authority, and excused like a child...switching roles depending on whatever protects their ego in the moment.
Human predators (malignant narcissists, psychopaths, coercive controllers) that are lower functioning whinge, complain about & make false accusations regards those they are envious of or those who try to expose them, sometimes for decades. The amount of self pity is a give away.
Narcissists/psychopaths have a deep understanding of their victim’s vulnerabilities. They actively provoke their victims in front of others to make them appear mentally unstable. The victims are healthy, able human beings being abused. The triggering is the tip of the iceberg.
People lose their lives to psychological and emotional abuse.
I almost did.
This kind of abuse isn’t just about hurt feelings. It distorts your reality, destroys your self trust and esteem, traps your body in chronic survival and can wear you down mentally, physically and spiritually until you collapse.
And then the ones who harmed you will point at your collapse as evidence you are the problem.
People need to stop talking about these relationships like they are just difficult or “toxic.” For many, they are life threatening.