What happens when you get angry with a narcissist?

Narcissistic rage can be defined as intense anger, aggression, or passive-aggression when a narcissist experiences a setback or disappointment, which shatters his (or her) illusions of grandiosity, entitlement, and superiority, and triggers inner inadequacy, shame, and vulnerability.

Why do narcissists get mad when you ignore them?

Ignoring a narcissist will enrage them because of their fragile egos. This is because narcissists have incredibly fragile egos (also though they seem quite large because they are overcompensating). They’ll feel humiliated and lash out against you to protect themselves.

Why do narcissists get mad when you cry?

Narcissistic individuals particularly detest crying, because for them, crying signifies that one is supposed to feel bad or nurture the individual who is upset. Therefore, they feel that when someone is crying, it is a reminder that they cannot feel empathy; which is upsetting to them.

What annoys a narcissist most?

Telling Them What To Do. Although narcissists like bossing others around,they don’t like to be bossed around themselves.

How to get over a narcissist?

Accept he’s a narcissist.

What is narcissist most afraid of?

What narcissists are most afraid of is not the exposure of their flaws, or their misdeeds, or learning the truth about themselves, or the meaning of what they do and who they are. What narcissists are most afraid of, what they’ve been running away from their whole lives, is love. Narcissists fear (and hate) love.

What makes a narcissist lose their mask?

Once the supply becomes stale and they’re bored, the mask comes off. But anything that’s a blow to their ego that they see as a criticism even though it’s not, causes the mask to come off. Narcissists cannot joke around. They can dish it out but can’t take it.