4 Subtle Ways You Can Take Revenge Against a Narcissist

Revenge is a dish best served cold

Afshara
3 min readOct 13, 2022

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How To Get Revenge Against A Narcissist

If you are dying to take revenge on the narcissist in your life, then try these subtle ways:

1) Remove their position of power

For instance, when narcissists are in charge of any situation they feel in control and powerful. They desperately crave external validation and despise authority figures as they are the ones who give them the validation they crave.

So, next time, when you are interacting with the narcissist, make sure to portray yourself assertively with a calm demeanor. Don’t lose your composure, and stand up for yourself.

While dealing with a narcissist in a group setting, try to position yourself in a leadership role or planner of other activities. The narcissist will be intimidated and unsettled by your position.

2) Practice Saying “No”

As narcissists always want things according to their way and don’t care about other people’s availability, thus, you have to stand up for yourself and decline their requests. And if you are a people pleaser then practice saying “no”.

If they try to manipulate or pressurize you into doing what they want, just stay calm and directly refuse their absurd requests. For instance, if they tell you to run an errand for them, show them you have boundaries by declining their request.

By saying “no”, you will be the one who is in control of the situation, and the narcissist will feel less powerful.

3) Use the “No contact” Strategy

This strategy works best only if you maintain doing it means you can’t initiate contact after staying “no contact” for some time. Narcissists crave attention and when someone does not give it to them, they become miserable. Because they can’t accept the fact someone else can reject or disregard them in any way.

So, some of the ways that you can use the “no contact” tactic can be ignoring their calls, and texts and also trying to avoid them in public places. They will feel dominated as they…

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