How does a narcissist punish you? | The Narcissists' Code Ep 676

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  • 5 ways a narcissist punishes you.
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Комментарии • 822

  • @FruitflyBat
    @FruitflyBat Год назад +804

    They call it discarding, I call it freedom 🥂

  • @maxspears6030
    @maxspears6030 Год назад +446

    The silent treatment is as much domestic / emotional abuse as is narcissistic rage imo.

    • @kobeibryant4356
      @kobeibryant4356 Год назад +21

      😮‍💨 I’ll rather u be domestic or emotional then to be SILENT omg sheesh

    • @heatheran4783
      @heatheran4783 Год назад +14

      I so agree.

    • @KH-hs5xv
      @KH-hs5xv Год назад +4

      I just married one😢

    • @tequilliasmith4934
      @tequilliasmith4934 Год назад +3

      @@KH-hs5xv I'm Living With One🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

    • @karlippo
      @karlippo Год назад +21

      The first ever time anybody new in my life ever gives me the silent treatment I will immediately block delete and cut off. Survived kong term relationship with a narc and had two narc parents. i am done for life.

  • @jacquelineakimana9780
    @jacquelineakimana9780 Год назад +405

    Yup silent treatment is what they do best especially when you tell them what they did wrong

    • @MentalHealness
      @MentalHealness  Год назад +8

      😞

    • @deljean
      @deljean Год назад +5

      Yep

    • @gigafia5358
      @gigafia5358 Год назад +28

      My bf does this. Its like a big child,not a grown ass man! I learn not to respond to this behaviour. If i tell him something he did wrong,his aura changes and he goes stone cold.

    • @starttakinnotez
      @starttakinnotez Год назад +5

      ​@@gigafia5358 the girl I left after a year and a half of trying is like that. She tried telling me I forced the relationship. & That she never wanted to be with me. I'm laughing so hard at how she rationalized stuff. She doesn't want to be with me because I held her accountable! 🤣
      Absolutely a narcissist. She's so closeted about it. She has had 3 guys telling her the same thing.

    • @firecat-dy9go
      @firecat-dy9go Год назад +7

      And isn't it a treat to return that silent treatment when you have simply 'had enough' and break free?

  • @oceandove
    @oceandove Год назад +212

    I put on my headphones while I’m home so the silent treatment backfired on them Drove them nuts that I wasn’t bothered or even seemed to notice them being silent. I was too occupied listening to Lee and others about narcissism or dancing to music 😂

    • @connie3205
      @connie3205 Год назад +7

      I NATURALLY DO NOT TALK ALOT HOWEVER WHEN I DO TALK I SAY WHAT I MEAN MEAN WHAT I SAY ALL GOOD!.....I ALSO HAVE A STRONG IGNORE GAME THAT DROVE MY EX HUSBAND CRAZY HE IS MOST DEFINITELY A NARC!.....POOR LITTLE TINK!TINK!

    • @panda2948
      @panda2948 Год назад +9

      100% this works. They hate it when you use it against them. They think ha I got them. Meanwhile, we are living life like they don't exist because I'll be damned if you're going to sit there and pretend you don't see me and I suffer for it. Lol, the last time my ex pulled that shit I stopped talking to him completely and slept on the couch for a month. Didn't say shit to him, barely responded to any questions he asked, and didn't respond to texts with more than a few words, if at all. Showed no emotions for him. At one point, he was like, "You can sleep in the bed with me. There's plenty of room." I never responded. Mfer I know I can. It's my damn bed, but I can't fathom having to lay down next to someone who gives zero shit about me, doesn't respect me, and thinks I didn't do shit when I was busting my ass daily to get shit done. Done was an understatement. And it's funny to me because we had gotten into it a couple of months before, and I was already feeling like leaving, so this was the topper on the cake for me.

    • @shaniecegullison
      @shaniecegullison 11 месяцев назад +4

      Love it 😂😂😂 listening to lee about him while he's is there and up to his bullshit is awesome 😂😂😂❤❤❤😊

    • @kimgordon3695
      @kimgordon3695 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@connie3205 luv You

    • @kimgordon3695
      @kimgordon3695 11 месяцев назад

      @@panda2948 wow anger is a valid emotion but let it go....

  • @joannelewis3390
    @joannelewis3390 Год назад +19

    They don't even care
    They just care about themselves

  • @animalreikitherapist
    @animalreikitherapist Год назад +221

    I'd have to add cheating as a form of punishment as well. To them they feel justified for doing it because of whatever childish reason in their puny little minds.

    • @palapalak.8907
      @palapalak.8907 Год назад +3

      I love it.

    • @helenprescott8268
      @helenprescott8268 11 месяцев назад +2

      Puny little minds.....I like that

    • @fabianasnapp8292
      @fabianasnapp8292 11 месяцев назад +1

      That's right.

    • @missb1982
      @missb1982 11 месяцев назад +1

      Yep

    • @NatzTalk
      @NatzTalk 4 месяца назад

      Omg yes! My friend thinks mine did it to spite me. The cheating. Either way he did it to hurt me as Lee states in a punitive way.

  • @fecanis248
    @fecanis248 Год назад +267

    Overall, being dumped, or discarded by the narc is a gift 🎁. It doesn't feel that way at first; but you'll have dodged one or more bullets.
    Thank you Lee.
    🙏🏽💖✨

    • @saintejeannedarc9460
      @saintejeannedarc9460 Год назад +1

      I suppose it is eventually, but you're right that it doesn't feel that way for the longest time. I know I'm better off in the long run, it's just to get over all the soul crushing, esteem damaging trust issues I have now. Mine didn't discard me physically. He took the more cowardly route that Lee admitted to doing, and that was to stay, emotionally check out, but treat me so bad that I finally did it.

    • @angelaspringfield5584
      @angelaspringfield5584 Год назад

      I 🤞 WISH.

    • @fecanis248
      @fecanis248 Год назад +2

      @@saintejeannedarc9460 yes, it was the same in my case. The lying, the dissing , the ghosting etc. What pushed me was my kids. I was like, I didn’t take that ish off their father; why should I put up with this momo’s antics.
      Now I think, what did I ever see in him. Hind sight IS 20/20.
      Good for you. 🙏🏽💖✨

    • @connie3205
      @connie3205 Год назад

      ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!🙏🏿👸🏿📖🏆🏆

    • @jeankeats3200
      @jeankeats3200 Год назад +1

      Amen to that!

  • @rockybalboa4593
    @rockybalboa4593 Год назад +72

    I have a feeling Lee just enjoys saying “clapping cheeks” 😂🤣

  • @Seashell3333
    @Seashell3333 Год назад +176

    The discard is brutal. 27 years finished with an ultimatum. Over just like it was a text message. He moved on to a new source of supply he had only know for 7 weeks. It’s been nearly 4 years no contact at all. A blessing in disguise she did me a big favour.

    • @paulettelamontagne6992
      @paulettelamontagne6992 Год назад

      That four years later you're still tripping on it's like I don't understand understand why anybody would be in a relationship like this I'm trying to figure out my son-in-law

    • @Seashell3333
      @Seashell3333 Год назад +8

      No not tripping anymore. I have come out the other side but it was a tough journey. Glad it’s over. There is happiness and light at the end of the tunnel. What doesn’t break you makes you stronger. Trauma bonding is real not so easy to break the cycle it takes work. But I did it

    • @megamoneyk
      @megamoneyk Год назад

      I hope you took him to the cleaners.

    • @Seashell3333
      @Seashell3333 Год назад

      @@megamoneyk
      No

    • @patriciagillespie3549
      @patriciagillespie3549 Год назад +2

      When they withhold all the intimate stuff and withhold saying “ I love you”……all the emotional goods except only if I initiate….what should I do then? I’m having a hard time leaving but eventually I filed for divorce ( and it’s killing me to do so) I don’t want to file, but felt I was backed up in a corner……what’s the next action to take? Do they ever come back around? Today is our wedding anniversary and all I got was “ happy anniversary by the way of text”. 19 yrs married , 21 years together. All this started in later of 2021 til current over a gal who was a project manager on his project in another state. I’m not sure of their involvement now or there’s not any. Please help me.

  • @deborahanderson4211
    @deborahanderson4211 Год назад +24

    My narc boyfriend tried it with me, and I lit his ass up like he was an unknown person to me! So I started treating him like he was treating me, and he couldn't handle it because he knew that he had no more control. And now I'm doing the silent treatment by leaving out, and he's not knowing where I'm at, and I love it

    • @NatzTalk
      @NatzTalk 4 месяца назад

      That's the fun part. I hung up in mines face. And never talked to him again. 3 weeks 2 says. Prbly shocked because he was definitely positive I would take whatever he threw at me.

    • @NatzTalk
      @NatzTalk 4 месяца назад

      @natztalk days***

  • @rahqlove8201
    @rahqlove8201 Год назад +62

    The silent treatment from them isn't punishment to me. I love it😅

    • @judymomma3946
      @judymomma3946 Год назад +3

      Yes it is a blessed moment 🙏 ❤️ and forgiveness is the key so you can heal.

    • @kyki8512
      @kyki8512 11 месяцев назад +1

      😂😂😂😂😂👍 I would love for all of my haters or anybody else who is not for my well being to give me the silent treatment! SHUT UPPPPP!!!!! 👉🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐

    • @donnamealor1155
      @donnamealor1155 6 месяцев назад

      I get the silent treatment plus him being mean.

    • @IsabellaPiesch
      @IsabellaPiesch 6 месяцев назад

      In fact it is a punishment but I can relate with you - the constant critizising and nagging is not there anymore. But it is not right either.

    • @NatzTalk
      @NatzTalk 4 месяца назад

      😂😂😂 to me it was entertainment I just did it back and watch him make up some bullshit lie to "break" it.😂😂😂

  • @ilonaholgert8119
    @ilonaholgert8119 Год назад +21

    My son is a full blown narcissist. He had a girlfriend for 7 years. He treated her like a dog. She finally left and married someone else. He is now using her departure as the reason never to become involved with anyone again because she was the only woman he ever loved. So he has turned his ugliness on me. There isn't a technique he doesn't use. He goes for months without communication. I call him on it and he switches technique. As a mother this is difficult for me.... I do not jump and run for him anymore.... I only text when it's business or necessary. He will never see me as I am..for him.... I live in his abusive fantasy. There is no amount of logic, love, empathy, or sympathy that will change his scenario. Painful as it is.....I've stepped away to preserve my sanity.

    • @NatzTalk
      @NatzTalk 4 месяца назад

      💛💪🏾

  • @straykittsco.950
    @straykittsco.950 Год назад +156

    My ex would go thru periods of wks where he would be very distance then go back to being affectionate like nothing happened. I wasn't being punished for anything I did. I believe at those points in time he emotionally latched on to an outside source, new ppl he met and skummy women that were on his low vibrational level and in just a couple of days to a week he was back to loving up on me like nothing happened because the irony is they get along better and connect with trash like themselves YET the discard them just as fast because ppl on their vibrational level will quickly turn them off.

    • @porschewalker5652
      @porschewalker5652 Год назад +11

      🎯

    • @lyn9415
      @lyn9415 Год назад +5

      @@porschewalker5652 spot on

    • @talithaangevine6073
      @talithaangevine6073 Год назад +1

      What I’m going through.. she just chose him and he begged her I guess our 6 years didn’t matter

    • @diva00
      @diva00 Год назад +1

      Sounds about right!

    • @idid138
      @idid138 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@talithaangevine6073they are shallow empty vessels, keep being you. Just take the lesson as learned & break free. Don't waste another 13 like I have. If he's gone to someone else, this is the best time for you to make moves & move on. Freedom!

  • @MinenhleShezi-cy6wt
    @MinenhleShezi-cy6wt Год назад +7

    every time I call him out, he withdraws affection

  • @jennifere4641
    @jennifere4641 Год назад +39

    He fetched me from the airport Mid-2018. He gave me the silent treatment, I asked him 4 times what was wrong, he said nothing was wrong. He never spoke again. I decided to get divorced end 2019. He raged and threatened me about how things would turn out. He fumed, "Have you considered the implications"
    I moved out April 2021. Smear campaign..... Divorced I'm 2022. I'm free, never looked back🌼🙏☮️ (was married 28 years)

    • @MentalHealness
      @MentalHealness  Год назад +2

      🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

    • @jaimebellridesmc
      @jaimebellridesmc Год назад

      Omg!! CONGRATS to getting out!! I am in the process of planning to get out. It's difficult because I have 5 kids and NO family or friends

  • @reneaw.2057
    @reneaw.2057 Год назад +178

    Some of the ways are...:
    1. Silent Treatment (😏 learn to enjoy it, communicate only the absolute necessary stuff)
    2. Narcistic Rage
    3. Smear Campaign (they seek to ruin your reputation, this starts during relationship not just at the end)
    4. The Discard (emotional discard, physical discard, punish you if whatever supply they were getting from you runs out)
    5. Withholding intimacy and affection, they value you less, start to treat you different)

    • @Johnjones-vx1wy
      @Johnjones-vx1wy Год назад +3

      💪🏽💯

    • @Sheisanangel0
      @Sheisanangel0 Год назад +1

      So I am a narcissist then?

    • @Sheisanangel0
      @Sheisanangel0 Год назад +9

      I go silent when I am done with someone. I will try and try then go silent.
      I get enranged if I am pursued after I tell you that I am done with you.
      If you send people to plead with me. I will let them know why we are no longer together.
      I will not have sympathy when you cry or start begging.
      If we are done, no intimacy is needed.

  • @Zaynes_Worldd
    @Zaynes_Worldd Год назад +30

    I’m also a self aware narcissist and your channel has helped me alot. The last four years of my life I’ve chosen to stay away from ALL relationships beyond family to fully work on myself and break the cycle 🔄 and man I’m a full on NEW woman 👩 so for others who are struggling with healing it’s possible, just break away and do the WORK !

    • @koyajohn5229
      @koyajohn5229 10 месяцев назад +7

      Kudos to you..how is that going for you?

    • @NatzTalk
      @NatzTalk 4 месяца назад +1

      Good for you💛

  • @miraclehands9040
    @miraclehands9040 Год назад +12

    They are sooo mean. So immature its ridiculous.

  • @amjPeace
    @amjPeace Год назад +62

    What bothered me most was how out-0f-proportion the punishment was, both in severity and duration, for whatever imagined slight might have been. You might have thought I had keyed his car or slept with his best friend the way he over-reacted to the least little misstep on my part.

  • @fibrefinger
    @fibrefinger Год назад +57

    I've just broken up with my narcissist and need to remember this when the trauma bond is pulling hard. The silent treatment and withdrawal of affection can get surprisingly clouded by the good memories. I deserve better. The good times will not return despite the crumbs of hope.

    • @michellecaldwell8383
      @michellecaldwell8383 Год назад +7

      I'm going through the same thing, .... But we deserve better. ❤ ...

    • @user-qb2qo2sk1t
      @user-qb2qo2sk1t Год назад +1

      I try to think of good times but I'm drawing a blank. Stonewalling, no affection of any kind and cheating and its not only the opposite sex.I found naked man pictures but he said it was only bikers partying. And a std. And triangulation with a dog.Makes a big show of affection for the dog while ignoring me. And SO MUCH MORE!! Ya it's hard to decide which is my favorite memory.

    • @fmckenzie106
      @fmckenzie106 Год назад +2

      Me too. It's time to leave.

    • @holymacaroni548
      @holymacaroni548 Год назад +1

      I’m just leaving ❤

    • @fibrefinger
      @fibrefinger Год назад +2

      I admit. I gave him yet another chance. I think I thought it's better than being alone. Please believe this: narcissistic behaviour goes in predictable circles.

  • @thebjm1967
    @thebjm1967 Год назад +101

    My husband is a narcissist. I really never realized it until I started therapy three years ago. He started flipping everything back on me. He would call me crazy bc I remembered events in a different manner than him. Most of those fights would be about something he did that hurt my feelings. It seemed like he could never comprehend that people had feelings, or that he could hurt somebody’s feelings, and it made it seem like he was perfect. I caught him talking to women online I had the proof and he spun it back on me. He said, oh, you are not giving me enough attention because we have a baby and so I have to go talk to these other women. And then he would lie about it and say oh that never happened. I never talk to anybody and then if I would bring it up, he would call me crazy and paranoid. He actually called me a effing psycho. Screamed it at me when I was having an anxiety attack. Then he would complain that I would never leave the house because I was too afraid. I would always try to leave the house, but he had a tracker on me, so he would see where I was going, and then he would accuse me of finding somebody else and cheating on him. So it became more trouble than it was worth, so I just ended up staying home all of the time. Eventually, his cousin had a baby shower that I wanted to go to. I went by myself and I left him at home with our three year old son. They had a great time and I had a good time until I told him from the party that there was a girl helping with the presents, and I made the stupid mistake of saying that her dress was too short. Well that’s all it took. He started asking is she hot and please send pictures and saying some thing about if you’re not gonna send pictures that I’m not going to believe you I want to see her. About four times through text message he sending these messages demanding that I send pictures of this other woman to him. I have never been upset that much I think in my entire life. On the way home I got back and as soon as I got back in the door of the first thing out of his mouth was why the F didn’t you send those pictures!? I started crying and he said oh this is just a joke can’t you take my humor anymore? I can’t believe you’re sitting here having a meltdown over this I said, can you imagine if I did the same thing to you because we have a lot of double standards in our marriage, and that was another one of the red flags. I started noticing. He could talk to women online he could get pictures of women. He could flirt with his female coworker, and send pictures of our son to her and say that she would be a good nanny in quotations… there’s just so much but anyway after the baby shower happened I told him a few days later you really hurt my feelings about that and I feel very disrespected and again he said well you just don’t have the same humor you used to I never expected you to send me those pictures. And I said I left the house like you told me that I never do and this is what I get and then he flipped that back on me and said oh so you just went to that baby shower just so you could throw it back in my face! I’m telling you, you can never win with these people. I have tried for 23 years and realizing that I have been through absolute hell with this person, and now we have a son and there is absolutely no empathy whatsoever. I desperately do not want this to carry over into our sons life, so I am doing everything I can to protect him. With all of that being said, I just wanted to say thank you for this channel I have learned so much and with my therapist we have really been doing a lot of hard work. I have found a divorce attorney and he does not know it and I am going to figure out how I can see him without anybody knowing and trying to make an escape plan to get out of here.

    • @Blkparadyze1977
      @Blkparadyze1977 Год назад +27

      I am praying for you!!! When I saw your post, I knew you wanted to be heard. DO NOT let him know your plans. You make sure you keep all your important docs in place that are easily accessible. Just in case you need to leave immediately.

    • @lizapedersen8435
      @lizapedersen8435 Год назад +14

      Good for you🫶🏻💪🏻
      I wish you and your son the best❤
      I left with my teenager daughter in 2022 October, and the days are getting better day by day, even though he’s a vindictive guy; I had been with him for 19,5😱 the last 1,5 year I was slowly woken up to what Narcissism is.
      Knowledge is everything.
      Love to you from Denmark 🫶🏻
      Have a Happy Easter with your son🐣

    • @Hope.8162
      @Hope.8162 Год назад +2

      Did you leave?

    • @deniserosaly9292
      @deniserosaly9292 Год назад +3

      Friend I feel your pain, I made sure to take pictures of these conversations haven't that conversation yet, but this crazy lady got exhibit a, b and c.
      My prayers for all , may we heal soon.

    • @laurahenry3562
      @laurahenry3562 Год назад

      Your Stu--d,he played u,u stepped out of house an he had to punish u by pretending he wanted to see pictures of another woman an u fell for it ,not only did u get mad u broke down an gave him supply when u got home ,wake up ,u should have said the waiter at shower was hot an send ur husband a picture of his muscles with a laughing emoji,,,that would have flipped the power on narcy husband ,,,u sound like a easy target :(

  • @YTStoleMyUsername
    @YTStoleMyUsername Год назад +19

    Yeah I get the silent treatment all the time for not being a mind reader. Then he has a rage meltdown yelling about how I didn't do what he wanted me to do (but never asked) or did wrong (but also never communicated). I tried many times to explain we need to communicate like mature adults, and he acts like he understands and wants it to improve. But then he continues on living in a black cloud of simmering rage anyway.

    • @jennahabuccari7550
      @jennahabuccari7550 Год назад

      It’s like I wrote that comment myself.. same thing happens to me.. scary shaky stuff.

  • @narcismeonderdeloep
    @narcismeonderdeloep Год назад +26

    By ignoring you indeed... remember when I was crying in bed and he just ignored me. By calling you names or admitting that he is an asshole! By ruining your beautiful days and promising you things and not keeping them. By submerging stitches and being sarcastic...By talking about other women (or men) etc. With everything they do they punish you.

  • @knightress5760
    @knightress5760 Год назад +12

    Yep, they're good at the silent treatment,until you do it to them. I call it reciprocity! 😅 One thing I've learned about them, is that they can dish it out ,but they can't take it, when it's done to them. Mine started with the silent treatment and I asked whether she was going to talk to me and she didn't say anything. I looked her right in the eye and said,Good, now I can get some peace! That got her to talking. Of course, they could never allow someone to peep their card or have one up on them. I learned how to play the game. 😅

  • @DarkBayTB
    @DarkBayTB Год назад +61

    For the final discard, my Nex said he was still love with an ex (never saw that coming). He knew that would hurt the most. I told him when we met it was most important to me to find an emotionally available partner. To attempt to hurt me so much, I’ll never talk to him again.

    • @Elena-dc9vu
      @Elena-dc9vu Год назад

      How are things going for you from then?

  • @scottsthaname1
    @scottsthaname1 Год назад +32

    Narcissist will punish you for ruining their image... one of the many images they have in front of different people... being in a relationship with a narcissist means you have to be an extension of their image and keeping all those faces going gets confusing at times...🤷‍♂️

  • @readytogarden999
    @readytogarden999 Год назад +41

    At the end, I loved the silent treatment. The rage always frightened me and was what pushed me out the door. I am still in contact with him. He begs me to come back.... not going

    • @plug322
      @plug322 Год назад +1

      Any updates?

  • @ashleygraves7319
    @ashleygraves7319 Год назад +25

    Currently the narcissist I dealt with is harassing because I don’t want to be with him anymore, he has tried to defeat my spirit by telling me I’m masculine, not wifey material, i have no value etc. I’ve gained so much knowledge by leaving this toxic person alone, keep your heads up. Do not question your intuition trust it it’s telling you what you need to know, learn from my mistakes trust me, love y’all. Healing is my next step

    • @delaslight
      @delaslight Год назад +2

      😅 they all say those things.
      Good for you!
      Move on ❤

    • @s.9806
      @s.9806 7 месяцев назад +3

      I also heard all of those things. Lmao they all are the same.

    • @mercedesharrison5550
      @mercedesharrison5550 7 месяцев назад +1

      Yea now they’re all watching the same trash podcasts.

  • @Zoot_of_Anthrax
    @Zoot_of_Anthrax Год назад +45

    My mom has the olympic gold medal for silent treatment. I stopped calling her (never ignored her) and its been nearly 12 years now since she spoke to me or her grandkids.

    • @solmazgrace3308
      @solmazgrace3308 Год назад +4

      🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

    • @926paaja
      @926paaja Год назад +3

      Thats awful

    • @lc-bb6bd
      @lc-bb6bd Год назад +4

      Her loss

    • @IANA2030
      @IANA2030 Год назад +2

      😳😳

    • @DebbieLee-dr3hr
      @DebbieLee-dr3hr Год назад

      Decades of what's not right with my mom. It has been a painful realization
      I am her only daughter & it's like I have tried to alienate her (I did no such thing)
      Through trying.

  • @havalonsjourney
    @havalonsjourney Год назад +2

    Discard is a blessing in a disguise when you get that change runnnn

  • @KJxxoo
    @KJxxoo Год назад +16

    The lack of affection has been a huge problem in my relationship for a while now. Whenever I brought it up (quite often) I would just get told “I do those things, you just don’t remember” (so yeah, gaslighting), then he would turn it into an argument and point out my flaws. I always ended up walking away from the argument feeling defeated with no resolution. I’m now acting indifferent. Not bringing up the affection issue, not buying into arguments, not even discussing future plans anymore. Because as far as I’m concerned, we’re over. I just can’t physically leave just yet.

    • @joyromasantavillarete9798
      @joyromasantavillarete9798 Год назад +4

      I feel you. That happened to me, I no longer want to talk about the future anymore, my excitement is gone.

    • @elhamk945
      @elhamk945 11 месяцев назад +1

      At some point he reduced and stopped sex! What kind of marriage was that?

  • @JenniferMangold-pf8px
    @JenniferMangold-pf8px Год назад +21

    This has happened to me - I agree I'd rather have the silent treatment than be a victim of physical abuse.

    • @mercedesharrison5550
      @mercedesharrison5550 7 месяцев назад

      And you are one hundred percent right. The physical abuse takes so much energy and often comes with the narc disabling you to leave or stalking you across seven seas if you do.

  • @MagickCat861
    @MagickCat861 Год назад +26

    The stonewalling and silent treatment are so eroding of your sense of self. You feel invisible and like a ghost in your own home 😢💔

  • @angiez3843
    @angiez3843 Год назад +5

    Narcissists punish the world by existing.

  • @grammyspa-jammies1737
    @grammyspa-jammies1737 Год назад +36

    41 years of marriage and it's only in the last few years I've actually (finally) caught him on the phone with this friend or that friend sewing seeds of doubt about me. What a waste of my life. At 70 now I'm kind of looking forward to the 'last, long, deep, sleep'.

    • @MentalHealness
      @MentalHealness  Год назад +26

      😔 stay strong. You get to spend the rest of your life free from him if that’s the case

    • @InaStanley83
      @InaStanley83 Год назад +19

      I know we don't know each other, but just know that there are those of us who understand and that you're not alone. Also know that you're valuable on your own, independent of your spouse. Those who are your TRUE friends and family will know that these things he's saying about you are lies. Those who are quick to believe his lies, even when you haven't acted like what he's describing in all the years they've known you both, aren't true friends and never were.
      Please don't allow him to win by giving up (of feeling like giving up). Now that he's shown his true colors, you can start to work on letting go of your attachment to focus on yourself. Lean into hobbies, especially any hobbies you might have felt you couldn't do often while focusing on him. Take walks if you can, or garden if you can. Find a cause that really matters to you and volunteer if you're able. Enjoy more time with those who have proven themselves to be TRUE friends and family. When you start to remember your purpose outside of him, and then start to build on that, the healing begins. Your very last thoughts, whenever those finally come (and I hope they don't for many, many years yet), should NOT be about someone who could probably care less about what's happening to you. You shouldn't have to have regrets about that person. Slowly work toward letting go and healing, so that long down the road your final moments can be peaceful, filled with thoughts of the wonderful things you had the chance to experience and accomplish, and surrounded by those you treasure, and who treasure you.
      Do not give him any more power, especially not over your future.

    • @softandsupplecosmetics
      @softandsupplecosmetics Год назад +11

      @@InaStanley83 That was sooo encouraging and helpful to even me. We need more of this type of support for others in this world. Wishing you endless peace and blessings 🙏🏽🙏🏽🥰🥰💕💕

    • @megamoneyk
      @megamoneyk Год назад +2

      He wants support to leave.

    • @monikabennett
      @monikabennett Год назад +6

      No matter the age, you can do something beautiful tomorrow. You can watch the sun, listen to the birds, make a really nice satisfying summer drink or tea or coffee, look at a beautiful piece of artwork online, a lovely story, tell a friend you love them. Draw a silly picture. I bet you could do one joyous thing everyday for the rest of your life. I bet you could live your life joyously, moment to moment.

  • @nellth7136
    @nellth7136 Год назад +15

    Definitely withhold intimacy

  • @dr.jenniferma3914
    @dr.jenniferma3914 Год назад +4

    They get mad when you ask them what's wrong or point out that they're different. It'll be a bunch of, "You know I'm stressed with work."
    "Don't come to me with this right now."
    "I can't take your neediness."
    Knowing full well that they've changed emotionally.

  • @chrissyemert8781
    @chrissyemert8781 10 месяцев назад +5

    I will be crying my eyes out..he will yell at me then ignore me. The ignoring, being pushed to the back burner or broken promises is what makes me cry. It's like being punished for having emotions for being punished.

    • @originalmix2546
      @originalmix2546 6 месяцев назад +1

      ❗❗❗🔥 this !

    • @NatzTalk
      @NatzTalk 4 месяца назад

      Walk away. It only gets worse

  • @virtualmorality
    @virtualmorality Год назад +9

    Learn to identify when someone is using silent treatment vs when that person is hurt and betrayed and shuts down out of past trauma. There's a difference.

    • @mercedesharrison5550
      @mercedesharrison5550 7 месяцев назад +1

      Yes I have verbal shutdown when there’s too much to explain and I keep getting interrupted by erratic manipulator or flying monkey saying fake positive bypassing superficial comments. On top of trauma I have autism so it’s more of verbal shutdown than silent treatment.

    • @cindysantos9300
      @cindysantos9300 3 месяца назад

      Whats the difference?

  • @aliendeathrocker
    @aliendeathrocker Год назад +64

    Lee, I want to thank you for your work. After relationships with narcissists, having someone with NPD break things down and explain what happened and why, even in a general sense, helps give me some closure that I never thought I'd get. You're doing very valuable work by being so honest. Your chill but no bullshit presence makes it easy to take in difficult information and process it and your dedication to healing yourself is truly incredible to see. Thank you for what you're doing.

    • @Ptls68
      @Ptls68 Год назад +1

      I fully agree so much i had no idea of that only confused me before i now see clear. Imfinding out what to do since we share a son and im ill so its complicated but i feel a Big change in me for now understanding

    • @amyneel2826
      @amyneel2826 Год назад +1

      I love it when you crack yourself up. The giggle gets me laughing and reminds me that I'm human, my narc is human and we all choose to be happy. It's a choice. I'm glad I found this format. Keep it up . I'm headed to Amazon to get the book! ❤

  • @eyetrollin710
    @eyetrollin710 Год назад +11

    My ex-boyfriend did all of the atypical narcissist things except for rage, but he would get in my face and Whisper yell, he didn't grow up in a loud house they weren't allowed to have emotions in his house, there's nothing worse than quietly weeping and having someone twice your size stand over you and whisper yell,, or hiss at you yeah that's always nice when someone is hissing words at you because you're crying quietly in your own bed... when he would push my diagnosed PTSD self into a frenzy he would just sit back calmly and watch and say look look you're the bad guy,, it took me a year of dealing with his nonsense before I was finally forced into a rage gaslighting abuse withholding silent treatment all of the fun stuff and finally I snap and I'm the bad guy,, I snapped because he was rolling his eyes and smiling while I was talking to him about his affair and my physical concern because he thinks he can stick his dick in whatever he wants raw,,,
    Thank you for your videos It's Made letting go of him really easy and realizing that I was being abused and provoked on a daily basis

  • @emma22cutee1
    @emma22cutee1 Год назад +9

    I use to get the silent treatment for anything, like I would be what did I do now… he never would say anything to me. Even if dinner turned out bad he wouldn’t eat and give me the silent treatment. One of the worst types of abuse they do. I was miserable and cried myself to sleep. He never put his hands on me but abused me in other ways. So glad I don’t have to live that anymore.

  • @lorrainevillanueva8275
    @lorrainevillanueva8275 Год назад +15

    Even if you text them to tell them something important they will say they didnt get the text message.

    • @princessluvvsg1967
      @princessluvvsg1967 Год назад +1

      Or they just ignore it.
      I know my ex narc watches his phone. So if he doesn't call me back or say he didnt get it.. I already know he's lieing.

  • @empress2164
    @empress2164 Год назад +8

    In a relationship and we both have narcissistic tendencies 😢 I thought I was a complete empath and he made me question myself but in reality we are mirroring each other. We both are ignoring each other right now, bless our souls.
    Doing inner healing work… I have abandonment wounds, as does he. Trying to work on not doing these things and being kind. 😅

  • @courtneyhowe8832
    @courtneyhowe8832 Год назад +70

    I’m getting the silent treatment because I get up and go to work. 😂

    • @angelawilliams3361
      @angelawilliams3361 Год назад +6

      😂😂

    • @MentalHealness
      @MentalHealness  Год назад +6

      😯

    • @domoniquepaxson2985
      @domoniquepaxson2985 Год назад +7

      That’s what happened to me 🤦🏻‍♀️

    • @alethiasingleton3109
      @alethiasingleton3109 Год назад +5

      💜💜

    • @deeevansnola8178
      @deeevansnola8178 Год назад +14

      😂 right. Because the sun is shining. I had never been in a relationship where all the good things I did was turned around like I did something wrong. Couldn't ask him a simple question without him getting angry. It was the craziest relationship I ever been in. Pretend to be angry with me every day. I knew it wasn't me but of course I was blamed for everything. Was so glad when it was over. I felt like a weight was lifted off me.

  • @bellaluv4890
    @bellaluv4890 Год назад +10

    I have experienced all of the ways you describe. If I try to make things better, it's always my fault; I am the one being accused of being cold and "bristly" even though he is the one imposing the "punishment". How is one to even want to be with this narc when it's so awful?The only reason is to empower him. I have reached the point that I just don't care what he does anymore. He has turned my love for him into indifference by inflicting these ridiculous punishments. Your insight is a gift to me and many, many others!

  • @crystalclear292
    @crystalclear292 Год назад +32

    You have helped me understand that I keep investing my mind body and soul into a person that is incapable of giving it back . Validating . Ty for leading by example that people can be self aware if they do the work..

  • @jbonesjessica
    @jbonesjessica Год назад +11

    he went silent, he thought i would "apologize" for doing what he wanted but not the way he wanted, instead when i spoke next it was to break up with him. lol the shock on his face was priceless.

  • @SweetStardom
    @SweetStardom 11 месяцев назад +4

    My ex would do everything on your list. The rage would scare me. We could never disagree without him literally screaming. It was embarrassing for our kids, neighbors, etc. I tell him to calm down, he would storm out & ignore me for weeks. Its no way to live. I tried to make it work for the kids, but I’m better off without him. Since I’m so “terrible” & he wants to be a single father so bad, fine wish granted.

  • @TheNisiu
    @TheNisiu Год назад +28

    Yeah I had to just completely cut off a friend who did this one too many times. My absolute biggest pet peeve with an adult is passive aggression. If you can’t come to me like an adult when you feel I’ve done something wrong, then I just can’t fk with you. This is literally how we let someone know in grammar school what we didn’t like, the silent treatment. These days I just don’t care enough about why you’ve got an attitude to come chasing you down.

    • @delaneyb6171
      @delaneyb6171 Год назад +2

      I feel you on this. Any adult coming at me with PA energy is filtered out right then. By "right then", I mean that PA behavior has to continue for a couple weeks for it qualify LOL. It's so I can make sure I am accurately experiencing this repeated behavior before I make a real decision. But typically there is no level of accountability, they won't own up to the multiple statements or jokes they said. To me, they are dangerous because they will hurt you repeatedly, very purposely & easily - without owning up to anything, they can put that behavior on repeat if you allow them into your lives. I think it's also about how we demand respect in the early stages of interacting with them as well.

    • @TheNisiu
      @TheNisiu Год назад +3

      @@delaneyb6171 yes exactly & well said! Unfortunately I was raised by a narcissistic mother so I can smell passive aggression from a mile away. I just know the character traits it comes with. So I do the same as you and give the benefit of the doubt first time or two. And in some instances will even make it verbally clear if we can talk it out like adults then I’ll just ignore your attitude. But repeatedly? And we’re done.

  • @cherylhall4823
    @cherylhall4823 6 месяцев назад +1

    I always got the silent treatment until right before the final forced discard when I just stopped caring and kept on with what I was doing, I got a dumbfounded stare and an hour later he started with all the things that he deemed were bad about me, I ignored back then too! Now I’m 8-9 months no contact and loving my peace after 20 years of his in and out and trauma bonded. I did it with counseling every week for 4 months. I let it all out, I’m still learning new things about myself to help keep me protected from any future abuse. I get lonely sometimes but I fill it with things I’d like to do, honestly a relationship is the furthest from my mind and I think I’m just scared of finding the same thing in another man

    • @cherylhall4823
      @cherylhall4823 6 месяцев назад +2

      Still in counseling and I think I’ll go for a very long time. It helps so much to let it out

  • @johncarrolan8587
    @johncarrolan8587 Год назад +3

    The sound of silence. That can shout out really loud!!.

  • @vickileverton2732
    @vickileverton2732 Год назад +6

    I suffered the silent treatment for 3 and a half years, and all of what you've just explained. He mentally and emotionally broke me. I was his carer and didn't understand what or why he was treating me that way. I had never heard of narcissist before. However I certainly know now. Thank you Lee

  • @francesjeanlouis9285
    @francesjeanlouis9285 Год назад +2

    This man knows exactly what he's talking about, take note people!👍

  • @sararosales2943
    @sararosales2943 Год назад +9

    Wow..im not crazy. I asked my boyfriend to help with something on mothers day..literally just declogging dryer. He started screaming and throwing things..then he went silent all day!...ruined my whole day 😢 Everything was my fault..me asking him to help after i had been up since 3am cleaning as always. I ask for help (he claimed me nicely asking was forcing him) and everything is always my fault. My health both physically and mentally has declined. 8 already have PTSD and anxiety. I am setting a plan to get away. 7 years is a long time. Im so tired.

  • @k.giselle8218
    @k.giselle8218 Год назад +16

    This is exactly what is happening bc I called him out for cheating I didn’t see him but his actions suggested he was missing sex toys going out of town and lying about where he is etc. of course I’m the problem and he is such a good guy how dare I accused him of this we haven’t kiss or hug or been intimate since I approach him oh well I’m moving out and this time I’m choosing me

  • @BomChelle0617
    @BomChelle0617 Год назад +5

    I am dealing with the silent treatment and discard. He won’t talk to me and us making me get out of the house we moved in together by end of next week. I have never experienced this type of emotional torture before. He said he was done with me. He broke me, I’m broken. And I don’t know what to do. I know now by looking at your videos I can’t fix this. 😢

  • @thejojojo1111
    @thejojojo1111 Год назад +6

    I think narcissism is contagious. It becomes a way of life if you grew up in a society where it is acceptable. The elders in my family system were narcissistic personality disordered people. And, the next generation is the same. In the US, it's becoming more and more acceptable.

  • @MOBshsz
    @MOBshsz Год назад +3

    My MIL is the Narc. She moved in w us and said she wanted to do everything around the house. One day we had an argument and she purposefully left my kid at school. My husband got upset with her. She was giving us the silent treatment but because we didnt "tell her anything" she assumed we were picking up my daughter. the only time we pick her up is when we call her and give her advance notice that very morning. but because she was mad she "assumed" we were gonna pick her up. that was the lowest she went.

  • @ia9259
    @ia9259 Год назад +6

    I got the silent treatment from a parent during the pandemic when I was in need of help for medical reasons. I got blamed for expressing the fact that I didn't receive the minimum moral support like "how are you?". I got people telling me horrible things like "you parent is old" as if my life mattered less because I was younger. I got the meanest smear campaign by pretty much everyone close to the family. I don't even know why. I spent so much effort trying to understand instead of focusing on my own health. It will take me a while to recover but I will never forget. I think this is disgusting. Thank you for this video it is so helpful.

  • @princellasmith7562
    @princellasmith7562 Год назад +1

    I clicked on this because a narcissist is giving me the solid treatment right now, and I figured that it was a "punishment or manipulative tactic of some sort. What he doesn't know, though, is that when / if he decides to come back, I'm gone.
    We will no longer be in fellowship with each other. As far as I'm concerned, he ended the relationship when he went silent. I don't play mind games. That is extremely childish, and I'm a grown woman--like GROWN grown--like turning 40 this year, grown.

  • @kaysalaam7413
    @kaysalaam7413 11 месяцев назад +1

    The rage keeps you frozen in place. The silent treatment humiliates & depresses you. Letting others smear your name and not defend you is also damaging to your reputation.

  • @niyserenjiy
    @niyserenjiy Год назад +8

    You might not be found guilty of their silence, but they will still weaponize it as a punishment.

  • @MzGumby02
    @MzGumby02 Год назад +1

    I use to always think it was me, especially when we would be in the car traveling. I would end up getting kicked out the vehicle, or abandoned at some random location. They also love weaponizing the police against you, and kicking you out on the street. I'll never forget those days. Then you have all the enablers and flying monkeys trying to convince you that you're the problem as well.

  • @TallGrass44
    @TallGrass44 Год назад +4

    My ex 100% stonewalled me all the time. He would send long demeaning messages or just do it after standing me up. They knew I was a communicator. They would also send luring messages making me worry…they would do this and I would text or call several times and then they would angry and accuse me of being harassing and being irrational. Stonewalled me to not have any actual human behavior. Gaslight, stonewall. Abusive cycle. It eventually caused the reaction they wanted.

  • @laytbsweet4
    @laytbsweet4 Год назад +17

    Omg! Everything but the physical abuse is what I just went through! So accurate and on point! 10 years of hell

    • @shaniecegullison
      @shaniecegullison 11 месяцев назад +1

      I'm 10 years in
      It is hell!!!! I Hope you are truly thriving in your life

  • @lu7609
    @lu7609 11 месяцев назад +1

    I learned not to need someone. My kids and I live completely independently from him and just share a house. The silent treatment used to feel awful, but now I’ve disconnected enough that I just don’t care. Good advice on continuing to just say what you need to say. You are right they will throw back at you that you didn’t tell them… ignoring that they won’t talk to you. The cycle of “crazy.” And he complains that he is the “least important living being in the home.” Yeah, because you are less reliable than the pets.

  • @harmonyvanscott3634
    @harmonyvanscott3634 Год назад +14

    Dealing with a Narc is like fallin dwn a rabbit hole.. You have been so helpful!! Just when I thought I could breath here come da BS (HIM) but I have ALL my weapons thanks to you!!
    PPL schedule ur 1 on 1.. it will lift so much weight off ur chest 💯❤️💯❤️

  • @leticiapadilla7522
    @leticiapadilla7522 Год назад +12

    I’m truly grateful for the silent treatment I feel like my mind can heal and my body . I feel I deserve better God has been my foundation it’s been hard . Thank you for this God bless you!

  • @elhamk945
    @elhamk945 11 месяцев назад +1

    What ever you say is correct! I have exposed to all the ways of punishment that you recounted! For a good 19 years and 2 kids. I had no clue why he was behaving that way. Finally he discarded me/kids after all. Perhaps this was the luckiest thing that happened to us. The worst was not knowing what was what.

  • @awwwshit1293
    @awwwshit1293 Год назад +1

    In the BEGINNING of the relationship if you’re having problems communicating is key! If that person doesn’t want to take accountability or starts to gaslight you LEAVE that relationship! The longer you stay & the more chances you give them only makes it worse! Know the 🚩 & leave especially before you marry or start having children by that person

  • @denysephenix2349
    @denysephenix2349 Год назад

    thank you for your honesty and sweet demeanor to help us out here who are often left on our own in different situtations.

  • @sheilayagodzinski5747
    @sheilayagodzinski5747 Год назад +3

    I feel discarded even though we still live together.

  • @KKP20111
    @KKP20111 Год назад +6

    I always feel like a need to say thank you, Lee, for your super honest and helpful messages! 🙏❤️💯

  • @prettyislandgem2872
    @prettyislandgem2872 5 месяцев назад +1

    I remember my Narc bf told me I'd never figure him out😂. Thank God for Tiktok! I remember myself getting so angry where I'd call him phone back to back and of course he didn't pick up. Until he started calling me back to back and now I'm no't picking and he said " I know you're ignoring me, just how I use to ignore you!
    Bingo!!! That when I knew he knows exactly what he was doing.

  • @belindamatlock1874
    @belindamatlock1874 Год назад +3

    …or treat you so bad that you leave.

  • @BlueNavy409
    @BlueNavy409 Год назад +2

    I’m married a Narcissist for 24 years and knowing till the last 7 years and soon to get the divorce papers to start this month in April 2023 ….
    Spring , A NEW FLOWER 🌸
    PEACE ✌🏽

  • @edgreen8140
    @edgreen8140 Год назад +2

    " perceived,not real threat. They confuse feelings and feel shame but they will blame you.

  • @firstladyntrng1170
    @firstladyntrng1170 Год назад +1

    I'm getting anxiety just listening to you try to explain the crazy💃💃💃

  • @amina6669
    @amina6669 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you you're perspective is very eye opening 👏🏻🙏

  • @surlif
    @surlif Год назад +1

    Excellent information as always from Mental Healness. The smear campaign on me started years before my relationship with the narc ended. This video seemed like it was based on my own personal experience. It is helpful beyond words.

  • @stephenbonanno703
    @stephenbonanno703 Год назад

    Thank you, Lee. Liked and subscribed!

  • @elenorcarelse1954
    @elenorcarelse1954 Год назад +1

    Every single word you spoke is 100% true!! Experience it all except the sleeping with other people

  • @dianebarr943
    @dianebarr943 Год назад

    Wow... so much info . Thanks again.

  • @veronicabillups4912
    @veronicabillups4912 Год назад

    Soooooo I'm literally about to watch all your videos cuz these are helping me know what i had been dealing with

  • @CL-lo4wd
    @CL-lo4wd Год назад +2

    I appreciated the “narcissistic spirit fingers” joke/metaphor. This got heavy, as I’ve experienced everything and when you spoke about the rage I recalled an instance when I did not know if I was going to survive the night. Your sense of humor always comes at the right time and helps digest all the necessary information so we can free ourselves and remain free.

  • @kellydarbyshire6693
    @kellydarbyshire6693 Год назад

    Thanks for this! Going through this type of thing with a friend right now.

  • @lydiapetra1211
    @lydiapetra1211 Год назад +3

    Thanks, great video! I worked with a narc that gave us the silent treatment....this was decades ago....he acted so strange..... people stayed away from him...

  • @Sandy-yi4oe
    @Sandy-yi4oe Год назад +2

    The relationship i was in, the smear campaign started years before i left. I did leave, yayesss, and got totally outta the country. My healing has begun yet it's gonna take some time. Thanks for becoming knowledgeable and posting these videos!

  • @kathleencharles2846
    @kathleencharles2846 11 месяцев назад

    THANK YOU . YOUJUST DON'T KNOW HOW YOU ARE HELPING ME.

  • @kellkell852
    @kellkell852 Год назад +1

    Yup! He was talking sh** about me the whole time

  • @phoolangosein3637
    @phoolangosein3637 Год назад

    Thanks lee I really appreciate this may God bless you an yr family I am really going through this right now I thank God also that u become so aware ❤

  • @user-qz3xc9pu3x
    @user-qz3xc9pu3x 2 месяца назад

    Thank you for sharing Lee its help to understand about npd.😊

  • @user-hm3kb6nx7m
    @user-hm3kb6nx7m Год назад

    Great word

  • @brandymount139
    @brandymount139 Год назад +10

    What you do is truly invaluable
    Thank you, and please don't ever stop!
    You are brave, and I am thankful ♡

  • @traceywilliams5427
    @traceywilliams5427 Год назад +16

    Thank you for your time and prayers to you everything you have been saying is helping me get a chance to get my stuff together and move on

  • @anastar37
    @anastar37 Год назад +5

    I appreciate your thoughts and analyses. First of all, we all have some narcissism in us, just like we all have both feminine and masculine characteristics, so you are talking to all of us. 2nd, I have been living with someone who exemplifies much you talk about and throws it back at me. I have devised ways of dealing with parts of it, and admit I have a masochistic side to my nature others have noticed over the years. Listening to your episodes is therapy to better understanding my own situation and realizing some of it can be resolved. So thank you for deciding to turn your situation into a positive and maybe lucrative process. It is helpful to others.

  • @lub6021
    @lub6021 Год назад +4

    Self-clappage for the win

  • @user-px2mu1rd5b
    @user-px2mu1rd5b 7 месяцев назад

    Thank you Lee. I appreciate you

  • @mandymnguni2977
    @mandymnguni2977 Год назад +1

    What a lesson!