# Narcissists: They Bait You

**Published by:** [Narcissistic Personality Disorder](https://paragraph.com/@npd/)
**Published on:** 2023-09-12
**Categories:** narcissism, narcissistic personality disorder, npd, emotional abuse, psychology, relationships, breakups
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@npd/bait

## Content

Photo by Atikh Bana on Unsplash One of the thing the narcissist will do is analyze your weak points and then they will systematically use those weak points in statements that seem innocuous to other people but, provide you with an emotional gut punch. There are two types of narcissists. There are the ones that perform these gut punches impulsively as a means of bolstering their self esteem but then there is a malignant kind that will use it calculatedly against you to break you down. It’s subtle how they use these tricks. They will keep you locked in with the prospect of getting something you really, really want and the longer you’ve invested trying to meet these conditions to achieve this goal the more you are being trained to be complacent with abuse. The narcissist looks to make you the perfect mate. One that they can mistreat and even physically abuse without any fear of you going anywhere. They will use a mix of tactics to make you emotionally dependent on them and addicted to this intermittent reinforcement and these cycles of up and down categorized by hope and let down. They like to build up your hope where you feel like you are finally getting somewhere and then they level you with the reality that you are no closer to achieving your goal than you were 6 months ago. They want you to waste your time. Your time wasted trying to achieve your goal is going to make it harder for you to leave. Your time wasted is going to drain your resources and leave you stuck in a position where you have no hope but to beg them for help and then they really have you. They will continue to dangle that carrot in front of you indefinitely and you will never achieve your goal as they will make sure of that. Why? Because the longer you try the more complacent you become to the emotional abuse they are putting you through. Soon, you won’t even notice how shitty they treat you and how you are the only one putting any effort into the relationship. They just extract from you and they take and they take and you’ll never get anything back from them. They are blood sucking whores and you’re only option is to drop them like a bad habit before you are so emotionally enmeshed that it is impossible for you to leave and they have complete control over you. Run, run, as fast as you can before you can’t escape the narcissist woman.

## Publication Information

- [Narcissistic Personality Disorder](https://paragraph.com/@npd/): Publication homepage
- [All Posts](https://paragraph.com/@npd/): More posts from this publication
- [RSS Feed](https://api.paragraph.com/blogs/rss/@npd): Subscribe to updates

## Optional

- [Collect as NFT](https://paragraph.com/@npd/bait): Support the author by collecting this post
- [View Collectors](https://paragraph.com/@npd/bait/collectors): See who has collected this post