The next thing—just touching on it quickly because I kind of alluded to it in the last one—is living your best life.
Just being happy and finding happiness within yourself is something that would be hurtful to a narcissist, because they want you to feel like the only way you could be happy is to have them in your life. That makes them feel important.
When you’re discarded—and if you feel like you’ve been trauma-bonded to this person—having them out of your life actually does hurt a lot. But if you can show them (whether it’s true or not) that you can be happy without them, you can live your best life.
It absolutely will be painful.
As one commenter put it:
“Your being happy really burns the narcissist. Sweet revenge—without the karmic backlash.”
And I think that’s really important: you don’t want karmic backlash. You don’t want to stoop to a narcissist’s level.
So far, the takeaways—if you’re looking for revenge—are a couple of ways you might be able to do it without getting your hands dirty: treating the narcissist with indifference and living your best life.
Because it’s not about you trying to hurt them—it’s about you loving yourself.
Fifth: Exposing the Narcissist (Use Caution)
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