Why narcissists drain your energy?

They drain your energy so that you’re no longer able to put your full focus on the things that truly matter. Their goal is to distract you with their manipulative tactics so that you’re no longer serving your highest good – instead, you’re catering to their ego, exclusively serving them and their needs.

Where do narcissists get their energy?

The primary narcissistic supply is based on attention in both its public forms such as recognition, fame, infamy, stardom, and its private, more interpersonal, types of praise, admiration, applause, fear, and repulsion.

How does narcissistic energy manifest?

If you want to avoid getting involved with a narcissist or recognize one in your family group or circle of friends, in my experience this is how narcissistic energy manifests. The first thing to understand is that if you agree to regularly connect with a narcissist, you may end up becoming ‘ narcissistic supply ‘. Yes, just like a drug dealer.

How is a narcissist created?

When a narcissist is created through family trauma, it’s possible that he/she had no one present to witness their suffering, so the person came to believe that this behavior was natural and normal. The end result of this essential wound is that a person’s own energy flow is broken between the growth of their child self and their adult self.

How do narcissists feel when you bring them down?

Narcissists constantly feel alone so it makes them feel good about themselves knowing that there is somebody who can be miserable like them. They feel good about themselves when they feel they can bring someone down as it makes them feel higher. As friend of mine once said, “They’re pullers; they pull people down.”

What is the grandiosity gap in narcissism?

There’s a term called the Grandiosity Gap. Born out of their delusions of grandeur and high sense of entitlement, narcissists are too broken to bridge the gap or disconnect between the grandiose way they perceive themselves or their expectations and the reality of how people truly view them or what people truly feel about them.