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Does The Narcissist Care When I Cry?
No….. I could end the essay right here but that would not be very helpful! I have my own literal “sob stories” of me crying and feeling absolutely devastated in front of my narcissist exes and them having very cruel and soulless reactions to my pain and distress. One of my exes would become infuriated when I expressed sadness or would cry. He would rage upon the sight of the first tear, scream, and tantrum until I would try my best to stop and regain my composure. He was so annoyed and bothered by me crying after an insult, fight, or a mean comment that he would turn the tables and punish me for reacting to his bad behaviour. I started to feel unsafe expressing any kind of disappointment or emotion because I would be punished for having those feelings. I learned to laugh off and downplay my pain to make it through the day. It makes me sad to reflect back on that time in my life and to see how controlled, manipulated, and lost I was in that dysfunctional relationship. If you are here now, there is a way out and you can heal and learn to never tolerate that kind of treatment again!
Moving on to narcissist number two… He would laugh when I would cry. I remember confronting him after finding risqué pictures of a girl he was cheating on me with in our house and his response to my mascara streaked face and red-crying eyes was laughter, uncontrollable laughter. He turned away and tried…
