Behavior 2: Brutal punishment of children
There is no mercy when a narcissist decides a child has wronged them. And remember, anything anything can be wrong in their book: a missed grade, a closed door, a hungry cry, anything that feels like a threat to their control or an injury to their ego becomes a crime punishable by torture. I still remember, during Ramadan, I was fasting as a child. Tired and excited, I locked the door and fell asleep from exhaustion. I woke up to a sharp, searing pain in my legs. Before I could understand what was happening, I saw a stick in my father’s hand and his face twisted in rage.
He was fasting too, but that did not stop him from unleashing hell. I cried. I begged. I apologized profusely. But there was no stopping him. That was not discipline. That was demonic possession. And this story, as I told you earlier, isn’t unique to me. Years ago, I lived as a student on rent. My landlord’s wife, who I call a sociopathic narcissist, stripped her 10-year-old boy naked and forced him to stand outside their home because he did not score well in school.
Let that sink in: a child, without clothes, on the street because of marks on a paper. I could not hold myself back. I went down and made sure she knew I saw her. She stopped. But can you guess what happened next? She and her husband fought. Not because she abused her child, but because she felt exposed.
This is what happens when narcissists do not have to wear a mask behind closed doors with their children, especially. Their true monstrousness blossoms, and the child becomes the sacrificial lamb to their rage, insecurity, and twisted sense of justice.
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