What is important to understand is that silent treatment is a form of emotional and psychological abuse. This is abuse. Some refer to it as a form of torture, and it’s painful, uncomfortable, embarrassing, anxiety-producing, infuriating, and very difficult for a victim to live through. It’s designed to be painful for the victim.
Many times, the victim has no idea what caused the silent treatment to begin with and will struggle to figure it out, resulting in accepting blame and accountability for things they are not guilty of doing.
The important and imperative thing that all people need to understand about narcissists, is that they view absolutely everything as a competition, everything is a game. And the one and only thing the narcissist cares about is winning.
The sooner you know that and process that, the easier your life is going to be. Logic has no value, fairness has no value, mature maturity has no value, honesty has no value, this is a game, and the name of the game is winning in the narcissist’s mind, and the silent treatment is no different.
How To Handle The Silent Treatment
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