Number 6: If they cannot maintain their deception, control, or threat, they may try to form a trauma bond.
A victim of a narcissist may begin to believe that the narcissist’s pattern of poisonous behavior is no longer hurtful because it has become ordinary. One who is emotionally abused may appear to an outsider to be completely dependent on the narcissist. Perhaps they are financially dependent or may be emotionally dependent.
Having a child, for example, means they’re likely to spend a lot of time together. Perhaps they have developed an unhealthy reliance on their abuser and will never be able to break free. The issue may be physical, such as a health problem. The narcissist will attempt to form a trauma bond, a link based on a shared traumatic experience, even if one did not previously exist.
If it was already there, they would fortify it in any way possible, doing anything they could to make it extremely difficult for the victim to exercise any independence or flee. A narcissist who believes they are losing control over someone may exhibit the aforementioned actions and personality traits.
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