Number 2: “That’s not what I meant.”
The narcissist didn’t mean for what they said to come across like that. It seems like you’ve just misinterpreted it and are taking it the wrong way, right? Wrong. This phrase is a way to dodge responsibility, something narcissists are good at. They’re like slippery eels. They throw this phrase out to make it seem like you’ve got things all wrong, flipping the blame back onto you. For instance, if your narcissistic partner belittles your work and then adds, “I didn’t mean it like that,” they’re saying your emotions don’t count. It’s a means of making you feel as though you’re being overly sensitive. Or, if a narcissistic co-worker takes your ideas and sweeps it under the rug with, “I didn’t mean it like that; I thought we were a team,” that’s another form of not listening to your feelings. They’re making you feel that you’re exaggerating.
Number 3: “No one else thinks that way. It’s just you.”
To say, “Nobody else thinks that,” is narcissistic. When the person says, “Everyone else thinks this; nobody else thinks that,” what they are attempting to do is make you feel small and isolated. They want you to believe that they are the only ones that could have an interest in you, so that you become reliant on them in an unhealthy manner. It’s also how they make you minimize your feelings and experiences to make them irrelevant.
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