How do narcissists respond to GREY rock?

Narcissists and other manipulative individuals who thrive on conflict may become frustrated when they find others “going grey rock” on them. By its very nature, the grey rock technique causes an individual to disconnect from, or push down, their natural emotional responses and feelings.

How do you GREY rock a narcissist you live with?

What is the grey rock method?

1. avoiding interactions with the abusive person.
2. keeping unavoidable interactions brief.
3. giving short or one-word answers to questions.
4. communicating in a factual, unemotional way.

What is the gray rock method for narcissists?

When you use The Gray Rock Method, you remove the “fun” of toying with you. Narcissists bore easily when they don’t get a reaction. They tend to move on in search of more appealing targets.

What is securing narcissistic supply and how does it work?

Securing narcissistic supply keeps a narcissist’s false self working in an automatic cycle: project the false self, receive the supply, empower and strengthen the false self, repeat. The cycle repeats itself because it provides feelings of power, control, and importance.

How to deal with a narcissist or sociopath?

One strategy for dealing with a narcissist or sociopath is to act like a “gray rock,” meaning that you become uninteresting and unresponsive. Using the Gray Rock method, your objective is to make someone lose interest in you. You don’t feed their needs for drama or attention.

How does a narcissist react to the absence of something they need?

Very much as a drug addict would react to the absence of his particular drug. The narcissist constantly consumes (really, preys upon) adoration, admiration, approval, applause, attention and other forms of Narcissistic Supply. When lacking or deficient, a Narcissistic Deficiency Dysphoria sets in.