Number 3: They edit your face subtly or viciously
This one is dark. Some narcissists go as far as editing your features in photos, sometimes subtly, sometimes in a disturbing way. They’ll smooth out your face to the point you’re unrecognizable, or they’ll distort you just enough that you look tired, puffy, dull. They may say it’s a filter or lighting, but there’s always an agenda behind it. If you’re a woman, they may erase your curves or exaggerate them, lighten your face, darken your under-eyes, sharpen your jaw to make you look cold or old, blur your smile to make it look fake.
If you’re a man, they might crop your frame, dull your eyes, or add shadows that make you look sinister or weak. It’s beyond editing an image; they’re controlling how others see you, that’s what I want you to understand. They’re playing God with your identity. So when they show others your pictures, what they’re really sharing is a constructed version of you that fits their narrative: that you’re too intense, too emotional, too seductive, too broken. This is how they gain their sadistic supply; this is how they put you down. In their hands, AI and other editing apps become psychological warfare.
Number 4: They keep a secret folder of your worst moments
This one is more common than you think, but not talked about much. While they pretend to have deleted everything after the discard, a fight, or a breakup, many of them keep a hidden album, a vault, a folder labeled as “trash” or something cryptic. Inside are screenshots of your crying face on FaceTime, pictures they took when you were asleep, vulnerable, or undressed, or even images and videos from your social media during your most emotionally broken phases. But why? Leverage, insurance, future blackmail, or just ego fuel. Sometimes they never use these images, but the fact that they have them gives them a sense of power.
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