Narcissists punish children in the most brutal ways. There is no mercy when a narcissist decides a child has wronged them. Remember, anything can be a wrong in their book—a missed grade, a closed door, a hungry cry. Anything that feels like a threat to their control or an injury to their ego becomes a crime punishable by torture.
I still remember during Ramadan when I was fasting as a child. Excited, I locked the door and fell asleep from exhaustion. I woke up to a sharp searing pain in my legs. Before I could understand what was happening, I saw a stick in my father’s hand and his face twisted in rage. He was fasting too, but that did not stop him from unleashing hell. I cried, begged, and apologized profusely, but there was no stopping him. That was not discipline; that was demonic possession.
This story isn’t unique to me. Years ago, when I lived as a student, my landlord’s wife—a sociopathic narcissist—stripped her 10-year-old boy naked and forced him to stand outside their home because he did not score well in school. Let that sink in: a child without clothes on the street because of marks on a paper. I couldn’t hold myself back; I went down and made sure she knew I saw her. She stopped, but can you guess what happened next? She and her husband fought—not because she abused her child, but because she felt exposed.
This is what happens when narcissists do not have to wear a mask behind closed doors with their children. Their true monstrousness blossoms, and the child becomes the sacrificial lamb to their rage and twisted sense of justice.
Behavior Number Three: Stealing from the Needy
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