Secret 7: Practicing Fake Crying
It sounds almost cinematic, but it’s real. Some narcissists stood in front of a mirror, practicing how to cry, how to make their face tremble, how to get their voice to crack, how to appear human. This sounds scary, but as I said, it’s real. They knew they lacked emotional depth, and they feared being exposed. So, instead of cultivating empathy, they rehearsed pain. They would think of something sad, squint their eyes, maybe pinch their skin to make the tears come, and they would watch, adjust, and perfect. This wasn’t just play-acting. This was the construction of a weapon. Because the day they figured out how to perform heartbreak, they could manipulate anyone, including you.
Secret 8: Punishing Confidants
They confessed their real self to someone and then punished them for knowing it. There was one moment, maybe as a teenager or in their early twenties, when the narcissist let someone see who they were, without any masks or lies, just raw truth. It may have been a girlfriend, a best friend, a boyfriend, a cousin, someone they felt oddly safe with. And for a split second, they told the truth. They admitted they felt empty, or that they liked hurting others, or that they lied a lot and didn’t feel guilty.
But once that person saw through them, the narcissist turned against them, not because they were betrayed (they put it that way), but because they could not stand being seen without the mask. So, they punished the witness.
They ghosted them, slandered them, and humiliated them. Because nothing enrages a narcissist more than someone who knows the truth, who speaks the truth. This is why they never open up again, because they’re scared of being known. They are scared of being seen as they are: rotten and full of shame.
Conclusion
All in all, I would say the narcissist was not born overnight. They were built piece by piece, secret by secret, every disturbing memory buried like a landmine beneath their smile. So, if you ever wonder why they feel so cold and calculated, now you know. It’s not about what they have shown you; it’s about what they have hidden. They did not just hurt people in their adulthood. They started long, long before you ever met them. And they have been perfecting their performance ever since. That is what you must accept if you want to let the healing begin and continue.
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