Don’t “Wrestle” With Narcissists

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  • @xmm-ud1dj
    @xmm-ud1dj 2 роки тому +187

    " Dont cast your pearls before swine " !🙏🙏🙏

    • @Jane-9v
      @Jane-9v Рік тому +3

      Amen and Amen

    • @DonnaMcLaren-y9u
      @DonnaMcLaren-y9u Рік тому +2

      Love this!

    • @shondajohnson-ford838
      @shondajohnson-ford838 Рік тому +3

      It took me a long time to learn that lesson 🥀

    • @jillybean0220
      @jillybean0220 Рік тому +5

      The exact statement I keep saying to myself!!
      I am trying hard to break my soul tie and trauma bond to this swine. I refuse to linger in this for months and years trying to recover.

    • @pija9505
      @pija9505 Рік тому +1

      " or they will trample yur love and attack yu for it. " Sounds about right.

  • @thecarolineway555
    @thecarolineway555 2 роки тому +75

    When you walk away...Guess what....the ones who did not beleave you become new targets.

    • @syzygy4365
      @syzygy4365 10 місяців тому

      They only do it to their supply. Who knows, maybe mine is doing the same to his family. He certainly didn't show concern or respect for me when we were together. It makes you wonder "why me"?

  • @vampireslayer1989
    @vampireslayer1989 2 роки тому +209

    A while back I cut off my Ex-business partner and a Sociopath.
    Emails:silence
    Text messages: silence
    Phone calls and messages: silence
    His attempt to contact me was an attempt to manipulate yet again.
    Silence is Golden! 😎

    • @loniwatson8110
      @loniwatson8110 2 роки тому +28

      Thank you.
      I've learned I get no where with the ex-friend. I was always wrong and it's always my fault.
      Thank you for helping.

    • @LDuke-pc7kq
      @LDuke-pc7kq 2 роки тому +10

      Yikes it's terrible when you businesses get destroyed

    • @douglasradowick508
      @douglasradowick508 2 роки тому

      V-P got it right! Sever them out of your life-no 2nd chances of ANY kind to weasel their way back into your life-to "finish the job" of destroying you. Look up the word: L-O-S-E-R, in the dictionary, and, there is their picture for the definition. When they get "old", they no longer have anything a person wants- no money, personality, character, integrity, no loyalty even. When they die, it's alone. I had a roommate and, he was this very way! He's now 73, I'm 58-we shared a house for 16 months. I got wise to his stupidity, and, turned his game on him. He took a sirrated edged knife to my throat on a Friday night, he next morning after he left for his "self-soothing gloating" event, I packed up and moved out before he got back from the event. That was 34 years ago and I have NEVER looked back! Now, my WTH moment is: I still care about/for the "jack-wad"! Some slap me the stupid out of me, quick!!😱 Doug,. There was NEVER any sexual relationship between us (Eww gross)!

    • @4Mikes4Mindset4
      @4Mikes4Mindset4 Рік тому +3

      ​@@LDuke-pc7kq yes. I'm in an inheritance black hole with my narc aunt. I have no idea how to figure it out. Whatever ends up happening its gonna be a lesson for never again

    • @HappySadDad
      @HappySadDad Рік тому +6

      Had you been more patient and intelligent, you could have fed him until you REALLY got what you wanted out of the situation. They play the long game, so play the longer game. Don't wrestle with pigs??.... Don't wrestle with anyone you can't turn from a pig to your very own prince. I have experience. Use them back. I won, I continue to win every day. I'm a former codependent turned absolute god of my environment. It does turn upside down, it does make you more extreme.

  • @garethwest9069
    @garethwest9069 2 роки тому +72

    I've exposed the narcs in my family and I don't care ONE BIT what they think. They can't hurt me anymore!

    • @di4085
      @di4085 Рік тому +8

      It's best to keep your distance if you want to keep your sanity.

    • @kranky568
      @kranky568 Рік тому +1

      indedd

    • @pija9505
      @pija9505 Рік тому

      Me too. Mom died.. i dont get depression any more. Had to do probate with brother.. a fkn narc. Fell out. Couldnt care, knew my dad was one. Knew my little bro was. Then my other brothers mask fell off. So i had a whole painfully blissfull upgrade in my human surroundings. I tought i was braindamaged from them bashing me in my cot as baby. Seriously. There all gone.. i had backed out of that vibe 16 years ago. And read the road less travels, but i didnt know what most the tectnical terms, like narrsisist, codependancy, borderline ect. My family died to me. And actually physicaly died.. lost our home to banks. Lost loads of property and turned into a crying rock that had to pack up. Probate, cry cry cry. Sleeping on hard floor in sitting room coz everything in boxes. Worse shii ever !!! But then i move in with a narc cluster b heavey alcoholic ex.. ruinned. Couldnt stand. Walk. I rehabilitated this old woman looking dieing dickhead.. i did it got her beuitifull ( looking ) again and healthy and strong.... Bad move !! She got cumfy and dropped the mask and ram a muck.. fkn hell. But i stumbled upon the best subject on the net.. thats absolutly ruining the world. CLUSTER B " PERSONALITY/ COVERT PREDITORS. JEEEEEEZUUUUS !! ITS OVER LAST WEEK OR SO.. AND IM GETTING THAT DRAINING AND WEAKNESS YU GET WHEN YU LEAVE.. BIT OF TIME TO NORMALIZE, POSSITIVLY CHARGE ! AGAIN. AND DETOX MY MIND AND ENERGY BY TOTALLY DISGARDING THEM OUT MY MIND AND HENCE ENERGY.. I THINK IF YU ARE BROUGHT UP BY NARCS ECT. I THINK THE FAKENESS FROM OTHERS SEEMS USUAL.. LIKE MY FOLKS. SO MAYBE THATS WHY I DIDNT KNOWTICE THEM.. BUT NOW I SEE THE FKS EVERYWHERE. BULLSHITING ON TV. GOV. COPS. JUDGES. PEOPLE IN SERVICES AND SALES. DOCTORS, NURSES, FKN Counselors ( THEY CAN EVEN ABUSE A NARC VICTIM THATS IN PHYCOTHERAPHY. ASK SCOTT PECK. THEY TARGET THESE TYPE JOBS TO DO THERE SHIII. ECT ECT TO BLOODY INFINATY

    • @helenewebster-sisk2407
      @helenewebster-sisk2407 11 місяців тому

      I AGREE because that is what I have experienced from my property manager wereI now live.

    • @PrettyMamaPatchwork
      @PrettyMamaPatchwork 10 місяців тому

      I don't fight. I just speak Truth.

  • @whodoneitbr549
    @whodoneitbr549 2 роки тому +122

    Punishment is their enjoyment. They are sadistic

    • @vickibazter3446
      @vickibazter3446 11 місяців тому +4

      Definitely. They ARE ACTING. They are cruel.

    • @gloriabult2967
      @gloriabult2967 11 місяців тому +1

      My sister even punished our cat when we were teens, our cat bite her because she was holding him and she would not let him go...then my sister started to choke our cat, he was a white cat and his face literally turned blue.

    • @debbier9555
      @debbier9555 11 місяців тому

      She sounds like a psychopath ​@@gloriabult2967

    • @vickibazter3446
      @vickibazter3446 10 місяців тому +1

      @@gloriabult2967 oh no. Is she borderline?

  • @ohnoao9847
    @ohnoao9847 2 роки тому +106

    Also, what they live for is an emotional reaction from you. They don't care if it's good or bad they just want that reaction.

    • @nomudnolotusnodragonnogold
      @nomudnolotusnodragonnogold Рік тому +2

      🎯

    • @prettylady0676
      @prettylady0676 Рік тому +9

      And if they don’t get a reaction they flip out!!!!

    • @debbier9555
      @debbier9555 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@prettylady0676Yes, always needing and causing drama. Exhausting! Such a waste of good energy.

  • @georgedunn320
    @georgedunn320 2 роки тому +46

    As Mark Twain advised "... he will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience."

  • @lanemeyer6733
    @lanemeyer6733 2 роки тому +59

    Genuine laughter at a narcissist infuriates them!

    • @juliemclain5841
      @juliemclain5841 Рік тому +4

      It's not worth it

    • @fauvecorrigan1233
      @fauvecorrigan1233 Рік тому +3

      ​@@juliemclain5841yeah, it's just showing contempt. Why bother losing yourself like that? Don't wanna become like the pig

    • @janetmalcolm6191
      @janetmalcolm6191 Рік тому +3

      So does questioning them! Just don't bother. A huge row will erupt. It will be shoved back on you. They will make you look bad.

    • @kdub3892
      @kdub3892 Рік тому +2

      I did that once. The evil look on that thing was remarkable. It tried to come after me but i really think they failed . still wouldnt recommend it tho. Run don't walk

  • @marciloni12
    @marciloni12 2 роки тому +58

    They'll cosy up to a total stranger to bring you down! My mother did it, my friends did it and coworkers as well.

    • @hotshotmose4900
      @hotshotmose4900 2 роки тому +8

      It's all about controlling you

    • @susiemac6295
      @susiemac6295 2 роки тому +2

      😢

    • @Nuvision19
      @Nuvision19 2 роки тому +1

      Spot on

    • @johntim3491
      @johntim3491 Рік тому +6

      Interesting when i read comments like these. It makes me question all the advice to run away. Our culture is becoming more narcissistic ... surely the only solution is to face our demons. Ive observed many that run away just recreate the same chemistry with other people. Change only happens within us...thats all we have control over.

    • @dark7angel456
      @dark7angel456 Рік тому +2

      Yeah I'm having a hard time believing that my family turned into these people because over time they would just pretend to love me I guess and then take note of what I don't like and use it against me

  • @Karen-jp1ns
    @Karen-jp1ns 2 роки тому +35

    After 20+ years with a narcissist I left and finallystayed gone. I got in therapy and struggled with identifying my part in the break up of the marriage. After he explained narcissism to me, a light went off in my head! He said that I should never have given him the fight. I have the patience of Job, but he'd push me until I'd fight back. He loved the fight. No one ever talked about abuse and narcissism back when I was young. I'm so glad that people are getting educated about it today. The only thing you can do when you identify a narcissist is RUN and don't look back.

  • @Zeepjeliefs
    @Zeepjeliefs Рік тому +4

    I stand by your message. Holding a toxic person accountable is like waking through quicksand. The more you try, the deeper you will sink.

  • @monicawarren3678
    @monicawarren3678 2 роки тому +74

    They're so charming in the beginning but then they grind you down and you become exhausted 😳 my childhood gave me CPTSD (long before it became a famous thing to have)

    • @HUYI1
      @HUYI1 2 роки тому +11

      Even being in their presence drains you dry, I can't even think for myself or function around these people 😔😔

    • @mcm6563
      @mcm6563 2 роки тому +2

      The same i hope you did overcome some or all of those traumas ,tkank you 😊.

    • @monicawarren3678
      @monicawarren3678 2 роки тому +2

      @@mcm6563 you too❤️

  • @breakthroughmoment1647
    @breakthroughmoment1647 2 роки тому +73

    And the sneaky thing is, they don’t have to do much. We’re the ones wrestling with their meta-communications and micro-aggressions while an unsuspecting bystander might see the scene differently with the narcissist as the long-suffering “victim,” and us as the out-of-control “fishwife.”

    • @monicawarren3678
      @monicawarren3678 2 роки тому +19

      Yep, everyone loved my parents but no one knows what goes on behind closed doors.

    • @walkingbyfaith2885
      @walkingbyfaith2885 2 роки тому +9

      Well spoken 👏

    • @franksimmons9242
      @franksimmons9242 2 роки тому +11

      So true. Micro and meta. I told her once she reminded me of my mother. She was that good! Great actors. Chameleons. Reptiles. Turns out this woman was triangulating everyone. Yes everyone. The poor calculating victim.

    • @tovenrvik6336
      @tovenrvik6336 2 роки тому +3

      @@monicawarren3678 If you grew up wt two Narcissistic parents and where the Scapegoat, you are an Heyoka Empath, look to the channel Empath Uprising and find the signs of a Heyoka ‼️The same here, my mother was a Covert Narcissist wt dead eyes that said, not interested, my father was violent and abusive and so terrible to me as the Scapegoat, that I had to block my daily life out of my mind to survive ‼️💎Starseed, INFJ Heyoka Empath.

    • @carolholmes718
      @carolholmes718 2 роки тому +13

      I came to the point that I don't give a "crap" what other people think about me! They haven't lived my life! 🎤

  • @BabyLove-dd1wj
    @BabyLove-dd1wj Рік тому +4

    "Don't wrestle with pigs. You're going to get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it." Thanks so much for sharing this!

  • @scourneene
    @scourneene 2 роки тому +79

    "dont wrestle with pigs" brilliant

  • @lochbuiefarm6358
    @lochbuiefarm6358 2 роки тому +19

    Any type of interaction...like "How are you today?"
    Don't answer that question...not any question!

  • @izawaniek2568
    @izawaniek2568 2 роки тому +15

    Yes. We should not engage, explain, defend or personalise anything narcisists say or do. Staying away from those people is key.

  • @bihmthethird
    @bihmthethird Рік тому +13

    "If you fight the devil, you will ignite the devil...let sleeping dogs lie." - Reverend Ike

  • @Ms.jessicajones5471
    @Ms.jessicajones5471 2 роки тому +16

    This is so true! Best move is no move! Let them argue with themselves.

  • @lilrodz
    @lilrodz 2 роки тому +52

    When you give the description of the covert narc/sociopath it sounds like a horror movie.

    • @HeartFeltGesture
      @HeartFeltGesture 2 роки тому +4

      It is, in real life. If you want to see a good thriller / horror movie that show cases covert narcissism, check out 'The Orphan'

    • @taffylove6193
      @taffylove6193 2 роки тому +7

      It is a Horror movie!! ❤ Be Very Careful & get Away!!

    • @khoango2337
      @khoango2337 2 роки тому +11

      Horror movies have nothing on real life things like this .

    • @HeartFeltGesture
      @HeartFeltGesture 2 роки тому

      @@khoango2337 Its so f*cked up, that people have a hard time believing what youre saying when you describe what went on in a narcissistic relationship. Its like your telling them you saw a f*cking ghost.

    • @la.mu.sa10
      @la.mu.sa10 Рік тому +5

      Well they're nightmares

  • @savvydavvy3463
    @savvydavvy3463 2 роки тому +13

    Co-parenting with a narc is unavoidable fighting. They create situations you cannot ignore if you care about yourself & your children.

  • @tovenrvik6336
    @tovenrvik6336 2 роки тому +20

    It's said, they are the most difficult to spot, bcs they are seen as nice and are called profesional victims, but their target gets heavily abused behind closed doors ‼️Thanks for sharing and exposing Narcissists ‼️👍

  • @Space_Princess
    @Space_Princess 2 роки тому +18

    My father is exactly this and I've been in therapy for over 7 years trying to undo the damage of 20+ years of the abuse I've had to go through because of him. The worst part is he can't see he has done any wrong

    • @HUYI1
      @HUYI1 2 роки тому +6

      My mother is the same, I have bad mental health because of her wicked ways 😡

    • @cortneypayton6473
      @cortneypayton6473 2 роки тому +5

      They can/do see it, they just refuse to acknowledge it...

    • @di4085
      @di4085 Рік тому +1

      I had no idea that that's what I was feeling with anole and learned what a narcissist was this past year. I'm shocked to discover through reading comments of how many people are dealing with one and how many are out there. I'm still dealing with mine after 45 years. Just recently separated myself but my family can't understand why.

  • @andreadonegan4780
    @andreadonegan4780 2 роки тому +35

    I’m Irish ☘️ so I appreciate the George Bernard share quote.
    It explains the narcissist down to a tee and not wasting your energy on
    them.

    • @gulag8735
      @gulag8735 2 роки тому +2

      Sometimes I think we have a high proportion of narcs in irl by head of population

    • @andreadonegan4780
      @andreadonegan4780 2 роки тому

      @@gulag8735 we are a tiny island and a very dysfunctional country and sure throw in a bit of Christianity ✝️

    • @gulag8735
      @gulag8735 2 роки тому +3

      @Contact exactly. I'm self employed and the worst people you could work for are middle management from one of those places; the women being the worst. (Not all obviously)

    • @bryanoooopj
      @bryanoooopj 2 роки тому +2

      Great quote, really says it well. ire here too!

    • @la.mu.sa10
      @la.mu.sa10 Рік тому

      The 2 Irish people I knew are narcissists, seems like ur country is full ot them 🤧

  • @cramcorter2580
    @cramcorter2580 2 роки тому +25

    So basically what needs be said. Is just walk away and forget them...

  • @joannbarthold3032
    @joannbarthold3032 2 роки тому +24

    I read a comment tonight that said “Give up the dream Narc” lol it made me laugh because it’s true. It’s only a dream they can con people forever and as a matter of fact I believe God is saying TIMES UP” to these people with all the info out there exposing them

    • @sarahodom7091
      @sarahodom7091 10 місяців тому +2

      My first thought is I've known narcs who pull it off until their last breath. Then I finished reading your comment - so true!!! All the info out now, people en masses are getting wise to them, and not getting manipulated by them. I think it is getting harder for them to find new supply.

    • @c.p.507
      @c.p.507 9 місяців тому

      I think I truly hope that is what God is saying... only God truly knows...

  • @anthonywhite6530
    @anthonywhite6530 2 роки тому +28

    You have no idea how much you've helped me.

  • @noweaponshallprosper2651
    @noweaponshallprosper2651 2 роки тому +82

    It hurts so bad. It’s ruined my mind. My heart. My life.

    • @Somebodysomewheresometime
      @Somebodysomewheresometime 2 роки тому +24

      It didn’t- it’s meant to show you how strong you are. They’re here to dim the light of the good on this earth- I completely believe it’s a spiritual battle.
      I was a stay at home mom to 2 little girls. My ex is famous, which made it even more difficult because people idolize him, and who goes against what a famous person says? Not many.
      I raised our daughters pretty much alone until we split up and then a few years after. He married a custody lawyer. My kids have now been alienated 3 years from me.
      I had no money, no family, 2 kids, a broken soul, trauma, disbelief, thought I was really the bad one- the cognitive dissonance-
      My mother committed suicide, found out ex was trying to pin me with 65k in irs fraud (I hadn’t worked at all in 9 years).
      I had an abusive childhood, neglected as well. I am an empath because of it. Look, I was broken to bits - but I would t give him the ultimate pleasure- suicide.
      Go be in nature - write a lot- watch these videos- get validation. If I can do this, you can do this ❤

    • @naomiwest9622
      @naomiwest9622 2 роки тому +16

      @@Somebodysomewheresometime your a amazing lady, he never deserved you, he will pay for his sins against you, yes, its spiritual warfare.

    • @FrgvDntFrgt8060
      @FrgvDntFrgt8060 2 роки тому +5

      NAMI helps. You got away; you're already on a winning track forward

    • @carolholmes718
      @carolholmes718 2 роки тому +5

      Don't stay in this mindset, please! I was married to a somatic narcissist for 14 years

    • @jmy9304
      @jmy9304 2 роки тому +3

      @@naomiwest9622 if its spiritual warfare,he has 2pay 4sure!

  • @hedywolf6041
    @hedywolf6041 2 роки тому +14

    So true, and they will just find a way to turn around anything you say against you no matter how well thought out you think what you're saying is.

  • @michaelstapelberg7751
    @michaelstapelberg7751 Рік тому +6

    I am so glad ytou are saying this.. the number of youtube channels that suggest you can fight with a narc! JUST RUN FOR THE HILLS!

  • @HUYI1
    @HUYI1 2 роки тому +19

    So dam true, I just use the ignore process, not interested approach, giving them any form of attention be it good or bad is just fuel for them to be even more nasty 😤😤

  • @salliegallegos918
    @salliegallegos918 2 роки тому +8

    They are worst on the job because they can sabotage others so easily. Most know what they are, but few, especially supervisors, buck them because narcs make everything into a a dramatic ordeal. If people complain or stand up to them, it comes back to bite them. At least, in personal relationships, we can go no contact more easily. At work, we can’t. I was let go from one job because a narc complained about me; this was even after one manager agreed with me that the narc was out of line. Then the head super sided with the narc. I found a new job.

  • @sarahwagland1559
    @sarahwagland1559 2 роки тому +9

    I thought it was odd that my neighbour always had fresh flowers in every window of her house, even in her barn window until I discovered that she is a covert narcissist. She literally hides behind flowers. The impression she wants to give is sweetness and beauty. The reality is something quite shocking.

  • @emmaharper860
    @emmaharper860 2 роки тому +15

    This is absolutely true!!!! The ex-husband tried to ,but I'm better than that. He speaks ugly about everyone and want you to engage with them

  • @FarmLifestyle997
    @FarmLifestyle997 2 роки тому +14

    Ross you explained this to me in a Q&A then deleted the video, so good i found this clip of your explanation on the same topic!!

  • @JETTSTACHI
    @JETTSTACHI Рік тому +2

    Just got out of a 4-year relationship w a covert after knowing him in a business setting for 20 YEARS! He was such a nice guy as a friend and acquaintance. My head is STILL spinning.

  • @sarahodom7091
    @sarahodom7091 10 місяців тому +1

    I love that expression, I'll remember it! Years ago i was watching videos about exorcisms from Father Ripperger. He said exorcists must NEVER engage with the demon, just get it out, don't engage. I didn't know about narcissism then, but realized that was also good advice for dealing with certain types of people. Don't engage.

  • @kristie-leecorney7388
    @kristie-leecorney7388 2 роки тому +10

    I love this video it should be reposted every week. Please xxx

  • @balooprime8130
    @balooprime8130 2 роки тому +16

    💯✔
    I had to learn to have the Terminator mindset with them.
    Silence with them, only behave like robot with truth bonds when they do attack and walk away.
    So far so good.

    • @cadesertsky
      @cadesertsky Рік тому +1

      Brilliant! i have been so hard on myself not understanding why I get so angry - I tried to help him with communicstion skills - just learned my first boyfriend now husband has always been a covert
      Narcissist. So charming to everyone else. Engage: Robot Mode 🙏🏽

  • @susanblanche9684
    @susanblanche9684 7 місяців тому +1

    My firstborn who's 42 has painted a nice hard working man character!; He became a Marine at 17 fireman and paramedic. He became just like his abusive Father!! When we divorced he taught our son to hate me with hate classes behind my back! There was a time when my son and I were very close and loving!!; Behind my back my own son told everyone I was a abusive Mother and he was a victim!! He moved 1200 miles. Away and got married without inviting me and abandoned me for 14 years and I learned he had a 7 yr old son!! I cried I was soooo hurt. Out of the blue he called telling me he loved me and had been soooo cruel smearing me to everyone!!! He admit he made up abuse !! I cried but I could tell he felt powerful hurting me. He gives excuses why I shouldn't hurry coming out because he told his wife I was this monster and she fears you!! I said " you lied about me and I will expose you!!" He went nuts with emotional abuse calling me crazy and was a horrible mother!!! I said " ohhh a few days ago you said I was a great mom; your mixed up now ya hate me? ( Wrestling with pigs). My son is sooo demonic using me to get attention like he's a victim and he's on a spot because if I meet his family and new friend he fears they will see I'm a nice loving mother and he will look bad like he's a liar!! So. He spent 5 months in silence with me and blocked me. Now he sent pics of my grandson like all is well. It's a abusive pattern. He draws me in then abandons me!! This time I simply ignored him. My nerves cant handle his bizarre pattern

  • @00708046
    @00708046 2 роки тому +9

    When I have to argue with someone in order to defend myself , it usually takes everything out of me . Not the narcissist . This is playing their best game .

  • @jenniferd1171
    @jenniferd1171 2 роки тому +7

    Yes - I has become clear to me that I’ve been that pig. My kind, patient husband is now wise to this and we are parting after 42 years. I have drained him and traumatized his identity and reality, but he’s fighting his way out of my toxic fog. I’m not interested in a new partner because I don’t want to do this again to someone else.

    • @selinasamuels3899
      @selinasamuels3899 Рік тому +2

      Wow… I know this post is a long time ago but I’m so glad to hear someone recognise their narcissistic behaviour and the damage it does to people, truly hope your ex partner and yourself have healed from this .. ❤

    • @Archangel_Michael222
      @Archangel_Michael222 10 місяців тому

      ​@@selinasamuels3899😱Wowie! This is the first time I heard someone finally acknowledge that their being a narcissist has ruined someone's soul. Kudos to you. May both of you heal. 🙏❤️‍🩹🤍🕊️

  • @jodibaggett4506
    @jodibaggett4506 Рік тому +3

    it's pointless to argue with 'em. so much more fun to dodge the bait and watch them squirm.

  • @rexbennett7414
    @rexbennett7414 2 роки тому +8

    Observing did not work for me. For the fact that I was afraid to leave. It can not work for a long term relationship. The aggressiveness only increases. The constant metamorphosis of tactics will break you. It doesn't matter how in control of yourself that you are. You will be destroyed eventually. I was fearful of losing my daughter. I eventually got in the mud anyway. I should have left a decade before I did. I died inside. Now I am effectively a brain damaged child. Having no choice but to struggle to even string together simple tasks throughout the day. I am rarely coherent. I advise to leave after the point of recognizing what you are dealing with. Immediately or as soon as possible. DO NOT PUT IT OFF! To do so only lessons the faculties and resources that are available to you. I may never be right again. I have had to radically accept this. I hope that this can help someone else. Thank you.

    • @barbarablackburn4755
      @barbarablackburn4755 2 роки тому +2

      I too have diminished functioning. Leaving a calm conversation - I am dizzy and in a washing machine. 20 years of this. They are leaving soon...

    • @di4085
      @di4085 Рік тому +2

      Lord knows what to have been going through and he will restore everything that has been stolen from you. Seek Him and He will give you peace.

    • @c.p.507
      @c.p.507 9 місяців тому

      I am so sorry to hear this for you, truly. Thank you for sharing this warning & I truly hope God grants you healing & peace, I KNOW God can send you what us best for you.

    • @ArashaSP
      @ArashaSP 7 місяців тому

      💯🙏🏾💯

  • @GloriaGonzalez-zz4wp
    @GloriaGonzalez-zz4wp 10 місяців тому +1

    I will not entertain myself until losers and pathetic as people that don't want to listen I just ignore it or walk away and act like I don't know them see you thank you sir

  • @claudiasbarra1044
    @claudiasbarra1044 2 роки тому +8

    Cannot remember this enough. Thank you Ross ♥

  • @nancycuppy3213
    @nancycuppy3213 11 місяців тому +2

    Don't let the ones who don't believe you dictate what to do with your life. I didn't ask for help from anyone...went to God because He saw and He knew. Others didn't see what I lived with. Narcissists are nasty. My ex was awful and I asked God to help me and He made me strong and I divorced him when my children were 3 and 8. Sad to break up a family, yes, but I didn't want them to be messed up....They are lovely, beautiful, smart, good adults and see his issues and God helped us escape a nightmare.

    • @ArashaSP
      @ArashaSP 7 місяців тому

      Thank you for sharing this. I needed to hear this.

  • @HeartFeltGesture
    @HeartFeltGesture 2 роки тому +7

    Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster.

  • @JH-jc1qm
    @JH-jc1qm Рік тому +2

    Divorce with him...
    My divorce attorney has changed three times.Been doing this for 3 years. It's really frustrating. A few years later, I'm taking care of a child who will graduate from high school, and my husband's financial abuse only increases my credit card. He is doing his best to make me suffer and keep the marital property from being settled, and seems to be preventing divorce. His mother is also one of them.
    I am thank you for knowing what the problem was with my 22years marriage.🙏

  • @keithlynch3169
    @keithlynch3169 10 місяців тому +2

    Turn away, walk away fast and don't look back! Avoid, avoid, avoid!

  • @ButterflyWarrior29
    @ButterflyWarrior29 Рік тому +1

    Oh goodness I bought the nice guy act and struggled daily, but he does amazing things his friends think he’s wonderful.
    Now I’m paying I went back enough times that now I am struggling with his devaluation. He destroyed me and almost my job. He is the most evil manipulative human I have ever crossed.
    My best advice DO NOT ENGAGE with these people you will never win. Run and gray rock and ignore. Block and never look back. It’s one of the most damaging relationships you will ever have to recover from.

  • @jillybean0220
    @jillybean0220 Рік тому +1

    Stated perfectly
    It is so obvious to the ones who actually love us, I have times of clarity as well, but I still struggle cutting my soul tie and trauma bond to him. Then I am mad at myself for ever crying or stressing over him.

    • @shelliemathews1043
      @shelliemathews1043 4 місяці тому

      I'm one that stayed over 33 urs with mine...
      My daughter tells me "I just don't know how to quit him, mom!"...about hers of 16 yrs...breaks my heart but I cannot do anything but be there for her...IF/&WHEN she finally decides to leave him. She's also the only one out of our 3 kids that stays in contact with her father...so she still deals with his messed up, evilness, cruelty and manipulative mind games that he's done her entire life...😢

  • @GjnNykamp
    @GjnNykamp Рік тому +1

    Exactly, I used to fall for this alot. Then she would give that sadistic smirk. Didn't know what to do with that.

  • @A.Cas.
    @A.Cas. 2 роки тому +5

    Living through it is the end of who you once were. Surviving it is the new person you are becoming. Unfortunately healing is not a straight line but a process. Longer if children are involved.

  • @athena1047
    @athena1047 2 роки тому +6

    Do not fight to with them or try to make sense. It will only lead to pain or death for you.

  • @chidiammaqueenosigwe2090
    @chidiammaqueenosigwe2090 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you so much for this information sir.

  • @lanemeyer6733
    @lanemeyer6733 2 роки тому +2

    There was a friend of mine that I watched slowly turn into a narcissist. One day I witnessed him abusing another friend. It's amazing what knocking the s@#$% out of somebody can do to help them.

    • @sarahodom7091
      @sarahodom7091 10 місяців тому

      Haha! I realized these people will never responds to appeals for decency, only consequences.

  • @dark7angel456
    @dark7angel456 Рік тому +1

    Everybody in my life is a toxic sociopathic narcissistic person that has always hurt me and even if I try to help them they turn around and try to kill me I don't understand these people and having them as parents is the hardest thing and the most impossible thing because they don't have empathy

  • @Queenofhearts7808
    @Queenofhearts7808 Рік тому

    Very true! I'm living this. I don't fight him about anything. I know I'm saving and going to stay strong, gray-rock, agree, let him talk about himself and his obsession with weight lifting and wanting plastic surgery. I think to myself, "You are already ugly. Nothing can make you likable or beautiful. It's all a facade. Yes, I'm fooling the fool that thinks he is fooling me. But im getting out. I love him, but it's not for the right reasons. I have to work on my inner self and heal from this toxic relationship. Very well said, he knows what he's talking about. Thank you for sharing!!

  • @helenlaffier5271
    @helenlaffier5271 2 роки тому +4

    So true! Thanks

  • @followJESUS30
    @followJESUS30 2 місяці тому

    Last year i was watching your videos. It helps to finallg free to my ex narcissist. I was manipulated for20 years. ON AND OFF relationship with him. O finally found hes a narcissist. After warching all ypur videos.

  • @ozzyoz5210
    @ozzyoz5210 Рік тому +1

    Run from them. Take the blame and move on just get away from them!

  • @lucygrant3103
    @lucygrant3103 2 роки тому

    Wise words Ross - thank you.

  • @happyhealthyblessed
    @happyhealthyblessed 2 роки тому +3

    Thank you so much 😊

  • @muscles_ann_mascara6194
    @muscles_ann_mascara6194 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you universe, I love you.

  • @birdlover6842
    @birdlover6842 2 роки тому +5

    Never fight or act irritated with a person with ASpd and NPD. They will rage at you because they think you made them feel stupid or shame. Act neutral and ignore then leave.

  • @RobiSt75
    @RobiSt75 Рік тому +1

    Don’t forget females can also be covert narcissists, I was with one for 23 years! 3 years on I’ve managed to work it all out and it’s a lonely recovery space knowing you can’t get any closure from confronting your ex! 😢

  • @angelasoucy3268
    @angelasoucy3268 Рік тому

    It took me years to realize that he LOVED fighting when I finally quit&we were getting divorced he said (completely serious) that he was gonna miss me because he didn't know anyone else who was smart enough to fight with him. He said most people were too stupid and there was no challenge 🤯🙄

    • @Hazelnut3988
      @Hazelnut3988 Рік тому

      Wow 😲😲😲😲😢😢😢😢

  • @markcollins3732
    @markcollins3732 Рік тому +2

    My narc wife of 27 years has been terrible for almost our entire 30 years. Always a rift between us.
    Took my kids at 8 and 6 , everything out of my house , and about 22 grand I had stashed , called the police and said I was choking and abusing my kids to shame me. Threatening to get child support and let somebody else raise my kids with her.
    I made decision to shut up and let her put me down and be the dad my kids would know .
    Fast forward to now: she's in federal prison for stealing 250k from a local church she worked at and tried to accuse them of stealing. Judge saw what she has done and explained how long she has been doing it in open court.
    She just received a 5 year prison sentence,and just settling in. Will get her divorce papers shortly
    Any arguments will be met with my grownup kids testimony.
    Can't understand somebody to be like this and just be so hateful and cruel.
    She won't even miss me after our lifetime together. She'll only miss the stuff I bought her.😢

  • @tatianar.421
    @tatianar.421 2 роки тому +2

    Wow, so true

  • @hazelrivers7642
    @hazelrivers7642 11 місяців тому

    So true you telling all truth

  • @CrystalMouse1
    @CrystalMouse1 2 роки тому +2

    Some of the most blatant narcs I've encountered are choir directors. I'm a young autistic person and I am very loving and talented. My choir director will promise me a solo and set aside a song for me to lead then blow through the rehearsal of that song. Give us ten minutes to run through it! Every time I confronted him he'd ignore me and go to the next piece without making eye contact. Yet every time I enter a room he'd literally sit at my feet and kiss my hand trying to charm me. It was a bit excessive and creepy. But when I asked why he was acting that way he'd call me delusional 😬 I concluded that he just wanted the power and I could never be settled around him because he had to keep me guessing constantly. It's exhausting! Four years of that cycle and I left. He's tried to con me back but I refuse

    • @sarahodom7091
      @sarahodom7091 10 місяців тому +1

      Churches can attract narcissists. I'm autistic too and was a narc magnet for a long time. Autistic people are easier targets. Danish Bashir pointed out one thing we have in our favor when dealing with narcs - we're harder to read and unpredictable for them. Interesting.

  • @gavingleemonex3898
    @gavingleemonex3898 2 роки тому +3

    I scare them away every single time. Because wrestling is an understatement is why.

  • @formattmusic1359
    @formattmusic1359 2 роки тому

    Ok see now Im torn, on one of your other videos, you speak in such absolutes regarding Narcissists, but then you say such deep and accurate things that make me question why I'd defend a narcissist in the first place.

  • @marieeustasie8014
    @marieeustasie8014 Рік тому

    You never win!

  • @annestricker6917
    @annestricker6917 2 роки тому +2

    True story!

  • @LDuke-pc7kq
    @LDuke-pc7kq 2 роки тому

    Thank you.

  • @gtafam2119
    @gtafam2119 Рік тому

    Absolutely Right on this is my x family member.😢

  • @melaniedrohan659
    @melaniedrohan659 2 роки тому

    It makes so much sense now.

  • @missyengel2927
    @missyengel2927 2 роки тому

    You sure are 💯 correct they do like it it's scary

  • @mac-ju5ot
    @mac-ju5ot 2 роки тому +8

    No joke Ross he enjoyed it. I just cut my hair the shortest I could get it pisses them off

    • @supernatural2762
      @supernatural2762 2 роки тому +4

      But are you happy with your new hairstyle? That’s all really matters.

  • @shaunaellis6619
    @shaunaellis6619 2 роки тому +2

    You gave my families numbers

  • @nicholecornes1915
    @nicholecornes1915 Рік тому +1

    Theres nothing likeable about them !!!

  • @marilynb2643
    @marilynb2643 2 роки тому

    Oh wow so True...🌹🌟

  • @shaychilders8797
    @shaychilders8797 2 роки тому

    Yup absolutely true

  • @Elohimschild5
    @Elohimschild5 2 роки тому

    EXCELLENT !!!!

  • @kroekadoke8212
    @kroekadoke8212 Рік тому +1

    Oh im dealing with that right now. Its fucking brutal what shes done to me in 5 short months. Its a nightmare

  • @jessiemassad852
    @jessiemassad852 Рік тому +1

    Been punished many times.

  • @richardwalker1405
    @richardwalker1405 2 роки тому

    Thank you

  • @vonjess9
    @vonjess9 2 роки тому

    When I finally left, my brother said, "bunnies should stay away from scorpions " Never thought of returning...his new supply, already waiting. But, I warned her. Glad I'm healing and my children safe.

  • @bettinakatsaros8719
    @bettinakatsaros8719 7 місяців тому

    The fighting makes us sick but they happen to get off on it. It's almost like they drive energy from it. The more they can get us to fight with them the happier they are

  • @joylynne1343
    @joylynne1343 Рік тому

    U R sooo right

  • @barbaraiandola4449
    @barbaraiandola4449 2 роки тому

    Sooooo sooo true!

  • @dnk4559
    @dnk4559 2 роки тому +5

    My siblings!

    • @jf8468
      @jf8468 2 роки тому +4

      These demons are insane. Even when they act nice it’s a manipulation

    • @dnk4559
      @dnk4559 2 роки тому +2

      @@jf8468 Yes, I keep falling for it but I am working hard on letting go of all hope of having a normal healthy relationship. I love them but no longer want to take their blame and projection. I’m done being the family punching bag!!!

  • @juliegatica6355
    @juliegatica6355 Рік тому

    So true!

  • @diarmuidphelan9664
    @diarmuidphelan9664 2 роки тому +2

    Yeah the problem with this is that it’s not really an individual thing entirely. It’s a cultural thing. I can’t hold a job because people like this are always running things and they want to break you the minute you walk in the door and tax you routinely to maintain their confidence. It’s called management. And everybody’s doin it. Employers, body corporates, community leaders. Maybe it’s just me. That’s what they’d say. But I’m old enough to see it and unless I play in, it’s be the victim or f*^k off. This is our culture. The people you call psychopaths are leaders current standards.

  • @amyj.4992
    @amyj.4992 Місяць тому

    If they can't "over share" vulnerability of a mistake they made themselves, watch out for that person

    • @amyj.4992
      @amyj.4992 Місяць тому

      I had to do it, so that I can see how dangerous they get to be able to help protect others. Even warn the new supply

    • @amyj.4992
      @amyj.4992 Місяць тому

      Nobody is afraid of them. And I'm not going to let them hurt someone else

    • @amyj.4992
      @amyj.4992 Місяць тому

      I win

  • @jennifernunya909
    @jennifernunya909 10 місяців тому

    Sometimes you have no choice if they are your boss. That being said, I'm only "fighting" by telling the truth to our superiors. If it doesn't work, I'm out. I hate to walk away. I love my job. But, if the truth doesn't solve the problem then I'm out.

  • @chuchiesalazar9969
    @chuchiesalazar9969 10 місяців тому

    I’m in a relationship with this man for 19 years recently married for six. He doesn’t seem to understand the boundaries I have of him hanging out with his ex wife at family gatherings as if they were buddies in front of my face. So I disengaged from all that and stay away from this toxic Situation. So when I tell him about my boundaries, he yells at me trying to say that, ‘“I don’t let him go to family gatherings!”’ instead of hearing me out about how it affects my feelings. His wife had sexual relationships with his own brother, and then she went and married one of his army friends, but then her husband was killed in a motorcycle accident so she lets herself be very comfortable when it comes to associating with my husband, and he just acts like the 2 families were never damaged, but I assure you they are all emotionally damaged. I am close to his family, except his daughter always trying to get them together. I am out of the house and looking forward to a better life. It’s just gonna be a process if God is with me who can be against me, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ Amen❤🎉🎉

  • @N-B-2weenThalynes
    @N-B-2weenThalynes 11 місяців тому

    I was told from my husband as a woman after 16 years, I just want what I paid for and he told me that I had to pay for his services😢. And in our whole entire relationship it was always 20/80% received in his favor and 80/20% given until I said NO.... And the numbers were more than what it was. However I did that to myself. 😢