Breaking free and watching the narcissist crumble
But here’s what they don’t want you to know: fear is a lie. Fear is a tool they use to keep you small, and once you see through it, they lose their power. The moment you stop trembling, the moment you stop shrinking, they begin to crumble.
I saw this firsthand with my father. When I finally stood up to him, when I stopped responding to his manipulation, when I held my boundaries and said, “Enough,” I watched him collapse. The man who once loomed over me, who controlled my every breath, suddenly looked small. He couldn’t even meet my eyes. The hands that had struck me so many times hung uselessly at his sides. His voice, once a weapon, failed him.
For years, I feared him. I thought he was all-powerful. But when I stopped feeding him my fear, I saw the truth: he was nothing without it. He was nothing without me.
The narcissist’s greatest fear: losing control
Every time you hold your head a little higher, every time you meet their gaze without flinching, every time you refuse to cower, you take your power back. And nothing terrifies a narcissist more than that. Nothing scares them more than seeing you rise because when you do, they are forced to confront what they are: small, empty, weak.
Their power was never real. It was stolen from you. And when you stop smelling like fear, they start to smell like what they truly are: nothing at all.
If you are in a situation where standing up to a narcissist is safe, do it. If it’s not safe yet, start making a plan. But no matter where you are in your journey, know this: You are not powerless. Your fear is not their victory. And the moment you take that fear away, you’ll see the truth: they were never as powerful as they wanted you to believe.
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