3. Don’t tell them that they’re a narcissist
I don’t want you to tell a narcissist – you’re a narcissist because then, they’ll just look it up and call you a narcissist or worse. I don’t want you to tell a narcissist – you’re being passive-aggressive, they’re just going to try to figure out how to manipulate you with that statement.
But the thing is someone who’s acting in a passive-aggressive way on a habitual level, their main goal is to not directly confront you, and for them, to not have to openly acknowledge the way they’re behaving.
In cases where you’re not dealing with a narcissist, calling this person out could potentially affect positively your future, but if you are dealing with a narcissist, calling them out is gonna make them slightly uncomfortable, and they may retaliate in some way.
So if you’re gonna say anything, keep your straight face like your gray rocking, and in a calm, non-emotional, non-judgmental, and with a soft voice, say something like, ” well, it sure seems like you’re angry at me for asking you to take out the trash or whatever it is, it seems as though you’re angry at me for doing XYZ or for asking X Y Z, just point out the fact that they are demonstrating some level of anger.
In a lot of cases, it will kind of pattern interrupts them. It’ll kind of shock them into going, wait a minute, this person sees through this, and then, they’ll have to rethink their strategy.
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