Number 4: Use their image against them.
You and I both know that a narcissist is extremely image-driven. They want people to see them a certain way. If they act kind, compassionate, charismatic, or you can name the qualities they project, others, if they act that way, they would want to maintain it at any cost because they want to be accepted. They want to get that supply and validation. Now, you can corner them using their own image, the insecurities they have, and the projection they want to put out there. For example, if you are in a situation like a court situation where they do not agree to the things that you want them to agree to, you can bring up this image and first get them to say yes to a couple of things that you know they would agree to. For example, you could get them to agree to things like they put their children before their own welfare or they value their children’s needs before their own needs.
Recommended Book: Becoming the Narcissist’s Nightmare: How to Devalue and Discard the Narcissist While Supplying Yourself- By Shahida Arabi.
Once you get them to agree to a couple of things that make them look good in front of others, then you can go ahead and present that agreement, and the likelihood of them signing it would be quite high because they have to protect the image in front of everyone else. They have to look nice. They have to maintain this image of a kind, involved, affectionate, compassionate, loving father. This is how you can use their image to basically torture them and they wouldn’t be able to do anything because they are a prisoner of their own doings. They are a prisoner of their own personality.
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