Somehow this bullying madness needs to stop. But it will not be in a normal way I guess…

Somehow this bullying madness needs to stop. But it will not be in a normal way I guess…
Processing #narcissisticAbuse requires you to upheave your entire world. It requires you to recontextualize the entire relationship you had with the person who abused you. It requires looking at things again and realizing that this situation was in fact abusive. That making you feel confusion, hurt, sadness, and especially fear, were not a mistake but the intention.
You need to do all that while grieving the loss of the person you thought you loved. They were never real. And I really mean never. They were a fabrication created by a predator that exploited your psychological weaknesses to devour you like a lion.
This will sound crass to some of you. Many will think I'm exaggerating. But those of you who survived narcissistic abuse know: what I wrote doesn't even come close to capturing the horror of realizing that the person you loved never loved you back but instead only sought to dominate and exploit you as a source of narcissistic supply.
Why would #trump do such a horrible thing? Because he's a psychopath. Stop trying to figure it out past that. The cruelty is the point and his pleasure.
"A 50% reciprocal #trade tariff on Lesotho, the highest levy on #Trump's long list of target economies, will kill the tiny Southern African kingdom that Trump ridiculed last month, an economic analyst there said."
Chasing followers makes crypto traders perform worse on social investment sites
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-crypto-traders-worse-social-investment.html
How does one recognize whether or not what one experienced was narcissistic abuse?
It's not like one can ask the hypothetical abuser. They will deny it. Is learning about the patterns of narcissistic abuse and subsequently recognizing how they show up in one's lived experience the best one can do?
I find that a very unsatisfactory conclusion but it does seem like the best one can do. I probably lived in a relationship with at least narcissistic abuse patterns. And the unsolvable ambiguity of it all bothers me.
For narcissistic people, the gap between perception and reality may go far deeper than we thought
#psychology #selfpsychology #narcissism #self #ostracism #psychotherapy #socialpsychology
"#USA asks #Denmark for help in the #eggcrisis"
https://swedenherald.com/article/usa-asks-denmark-for-help-in-the-egg-crisis
What the fuck?
It's the essence of #narcissism, #gaslighting #abuse
"I despise you, i hate you, i think nothing of you and i'm going to betray you and rob you...
{not even blinking or waiting to inhale}...
can you help me do the dishes?"
"The Trumpian lie is different. It is the power lie or the bully lie. It is the lie of the bigger kid who took your hat and is wearing it while denying that he took it. There is no defense against this lie because the point of the lie is to assert power, to show I can say what I want, when I want to.
"The power lie conjures a different reality that demands that you choose between your experience and the bully's demands."
Socially dominant individuals are more confident but not necessarily more competent, finds study
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-socially-dominant-individuals-confident-necessarily.html
Nothing #Trump does can be understood without seeing it as pathological #narcissism. It’s his #1 guiding force. He claims to set rules alone, manipulates perceptions.
Then: adoration > submission > destruction.
#Jan6 was no violent assault but a “love fest” – for him. #Ukraine is now forced into a public gesture of #submission regarding #minerals. If you criticize Trump publicly, you are threatened with destruction.
#EU leaders should invite psychiatrists to their special summit as advisers.
WHY NARCISSISTS NEED YOU
Here’s a BIG secret that narcissists don’t want you to know. They need you more than you need them. Deep down they know this. And they fear you finding out.
Narcissists want the power balance of relationships locked firmly in their favour(be it in a family, workplace, system, tribe, culture etcetera etcetera. And they know that if you realise they need you, this shifts the power away from them. And they can’t have that.
Narcissists try their best to make it appear that they don’t need you. They may maltreat you, put you down or aside since they are inherently anchored to very fickle things like appearance, sex, marital status, social status, color, national origin, ethnic origin, language, religion, age, disability etcetera. For eg they may refuse to employ a pregnant woman or certain websites that refuse entry to a region or group of people because of their race or geographical location, etcetera, a young man who is not in their social class may not be deemed fit for association, friendship, professional or political position, etcetera. That adversely affects privileges, benefits, conditions, development(be it personal or national), etc for generations.
The narcissist is in a "permanent-all-benefits-must-come-to-me-and-mine state" a very deplorable and miserable state where ones soul, spirit and body is permanently, conciously and unconciously fighting and scrambling for more and more for self not caring who gets hurt or harmed in the process(eg corrupt politicians, exploitatory regions, shady businesses, armed robbers, prostitutes, fraudsters etc)
They fail to understand that success is not greedy, as the greedy think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
All they want to do is acquire
Acquire money. Acquire land. Acquire material. Acquire time. Acquire resource.. Acquire attention. etc
Their living mantra is " I want, I want, I want" but that quickly turns to "I need, I need, I need"
Narcissist dont want anyone sharing the cake meant for everyone, they want it all for themselves and thrive on the treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage.
They don't want everyone born, bred, living, feeding, schooling, housing, stable etc the same way, yet they want everyone employed the same way, tested the same way, graded the same way, #dei etcetera, etcetera.
There’s many ways narcissists tell you that you’re not important. But you ARE! Especially to the narcissist. The narcissist needs you, and gain a lot from knowing you. Far more than you gain from them.
Here’s what a narcissist is likely to gain from you … .
1.
Attention
Narcissists need attention like we need oxygen so they need people around them to provide it. They believe they’re centre of the universe. And need attention to confirm this.
Narcissists learn attention seeking behaviours throughout their lives to give them their fix. They may play the victim, having well meaning friends gather round to help. Cause arguments, because negative attention is better than nothing. Or engage in toxic behaviours to take the spotlight.
You may have noticed that many narcissists don’t like spending time alone. They don’t want time to self reflect. Because it might expose their flaws.
Narcissists cling to the belief they’re better than you. And looking inwards exposes their delusions to the harsh reality that they’re ordinary human beings.
Attention deflects their focus away from their inner world. And allows them to continue indulging in their delusions, using you to distract and soothe them.
Go-around -
Stay away from individuals who throw up those redflags. Align yourself to people who are lifelong learners.
That narcissists who treats you as dirt are not the ultimate determiner of truth.
Those are troubled people who need help or treatment.
Narcissists provoke you until you eventually react, then blame you yor your reaction.
When you get angry with a narcissist, you’re playing into their hands. They WANT you to be angry. Stay calm or walk away.
2
To Prove To Themselves They Are Better
Narcissists also have delusions of superiority. But to feel superior, they need someone to be superior to. And that’s where you come in.
If you do anything nice for the narcissist, they kid themselves into believing it’s because you recognise their superiority. Rather than because you’re a good person.
To compensate for feeling inferior, they maintain an attitude of superiority. They’re often arrogant, highly critical, distortional, demeaning, abusive and disdainful of other people, including entire groups they consider inferior, such as third-world countries, a racial minority, a lower economic class, or people of less education or who didn't enjoy or go through the same privileges and interventions or help as they or their generations did over the ages.. Like bullies, they put down others to raise themselves up.
Narcissists are experts at subtle and sometimes not-so-subtle put downs. In their mind this lifts them up, and again establishes their superiority.
Some lower functioning narcissists like to show off how badly they treat others. Thinking this impresses people, and enhances their superiority. They may insult or abuse you in very dementedly weird, silly, foolish and psychopatic ways, actions and words. They might also for example show off that they cheat on their partner, etcetera. Often oblivious that these doesn’t impress right thinking people.
They need someone to abuse and manipulate to fulfill their needs and to constantly prove to themselves they are better, stronger, and smarter than everyone else.
Yet bullying people, talking down on others and putting others down is one of the signs of inferiority but they don't know this.
Go-around: Narcissist’s spend a life time devising ways to manipulate people. Learn their patterns and level the playing field.
Dont waste your time trying to convince them of a more noble or honest way to act or behave, narcissists sincerely dont have the capability to listen to advice/counsel.
Consider their unclassy talk or behaviour insignificant and irrelevant, dont let them get into you.
Know the signs of narcissism so you don't keep going back to them.
3.
Another Reason Why Narcissists Need You -
They Need Money, Power, Position, Authority or Stability.
And it doesnt matter however or whoever they hurt along the way or who they trample upon, to get it.
They are natural-born exploiters.
When narcissists hurt you with their stereotypical behaviors, such as manipulation, lies, and exploitation, they are simply trying to protect themselves from threats to their ego.
By taking advantage of others and hurting them with exploitative behaviors, narcissists can maintain their outward façade of superiority.
Some will steal, prostitute, rob, rape, assassinate(literally or figuratively), join gangs, do drugs and all sorts to be living in a mansion, but their mansions are trap houses- they trapped their integrity, peace, concience etcetera.
Narcissists are willing to exploit you for their own gain, and they won’t feel any remorse for doing it.
A narcissist might use you for your extreme empathy - borrow money from you when they are in need or use you when you are in high standing within the community like a governor or politician, only to disappear when they don’t need you any longer.
Or, they might take advantage of you without repayment or so much as a “thank you” for your help.
For the typical person, this behavior is quite hurtful. You’ll feel as if you were used, and your feelings didn’t matter.
They engage in actions or techniques that take advantage of the conditions of a group of regions, places or people to gain an advantage, or to disadvantage others.
They forcibly deprive someone, some place, some region, some system etc something to which he/she/it/they has/have a natural right for their own benefit.
They improperly use, misuse or abuse systems/people/nations/governments/power etc something for selfish purposes.
Go-around: Hopefully, obtaining a grasp on the reasons behind narcissistic behavior will leave you feeling more validated
Perhaps you blame yourself for all the narcissist did to hurt you, convinced that if you were somehow better or more loving, the hurtful behavior never would have occurred.
Remind yourself that you are not to blame. The narcissist is a person with deep wounds, and their entire ego depends upon manipulating, exploiting, and dominating others. Narcissists do this to protect themselves, and no one they interact with is immune.
Now that you recognize that much of the narcissist’s hurtful behavior is an attempt to defend themselves against feelings of insecurity, you can begin to heal.
Stop taking the blame for their behavior, and acknowledge that you have a right to reclaim your sense of self-worth and autonomy.
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Responding to abusive behavior with "just ignore them and they'll go away" is #gaslighting nonsense. They nearly never "just go away." #abuse #bullying #narcissism
@wdlindsy
Stephen #Colbert summed it up best:
"HE'S PICKING PEOPLE HE SAW ON TV!" (part of his #narcissism. HE was on TV, ergo…)
At least 5 (6?) of his nominees worked for Fox "news".
5 are billionaires (more #narcissism.)
3 of his 4 #DoJ appointees were on his 2nd impeachment defense team. The 4th was on his "tax evasion" (IIRC) legal team.
And as I've mentioned before, T****'s mistrust beyond family & friends (and people he identifies with) are telltale signs of his growing #dementia.
that one flight with uncle trump; a gift that keeps on giving
#misogyny
#childishness
#immaturity
#narcissism
Deeply #insecure
#Racism
#cruelty
#sociopath
#Russian pawn
#Putin's batch
#amorale
#Cultism
#Oligarchy
Why is anyone drawn to this disgusting maggot?
I grew up in Christian fundamentalism so I understand cults and brainwashing to some degree, but this lying manipulative pus bag, and people like him, have always pissed me off. I see them from a mile away. And yet I am baffled why anyone gets sucked in.
The narcissistic "comedian" did not get the chance to follow up with "what, too soon?" because no one booed.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/27/us/trump-msg-rally.html
More than 200 health professionals say #Trump has ‘malignant #narcissism in open letter https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/24/trump-nyt-ad-george-conway-pac?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #uspol
What #ElonMusk Really Wants
The #Tesla & #X mogul has long dreamed of redesigning the #world in his own #extreme image. #Trump may be his Trojan horse.
By Franklin Foer
#WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #Tech #SocialMedia #Republicans #Kleptocracy #RulingClass #Bourgeoisie #Aristocracy #Totalitarianism #Dictator #Authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #narcissism #megalomania #GodComplex #billionaires #douchebags
https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2024/10/donald-trump-is-elon-musks-trojan-horse/680309/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxZZ8Ogad9AfMHJdXRzrhYX8&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share