Discover the most important psychological subjugation technique 

Discover the most important psychological subjugation technique

Punitive silence or Traitement silencieux is one of the most important psychological subjugation methods that the narcissist resorts to in order to subdue the victim because of his feeling of self-inflation and exposure to prejudice, so he deliberately resorts to sudden silence, without providing the slightest justification for his silence, which may last for days or weeks. The situation is a means of pressure and subjugation and is not just an expression of personal feelings or anger that anyone may go through. Rather, it is a deliberate punishment whose goal is to inflict psychological harm on the victim in order to obtain “narcissistic catering” only.

What is required of the victim in this situation is to grovel and ask for forgiveness and continuous apology for and without reason in order to satisfy the inflated narcissistic personality without there being a real reason that calls for it..

Therefore, silence in this case is a message to the victim to notify him of his worthlessness and insignificance in the life of the narcissist, who is deliberately trying to humiliate and subjugate him in this cruel way, and even his desire to constantly notify him of guilt, negligence and inferiority..

Although what the narcissist does towards his victim is clear harm, there is no apparent material impact on him.. meaning that the narcissist is far from resorting to physical harm to his victim, but rather is based on exploiting his victim’s psychological need for continuous social communication. Or his need for attention and love in particular, by establishing a feeling of contempt, which would generate a state of isolation, sadness and then depression because of this unjustified estrangement, which is the narcissist’s desired goal to enhance the importance of his presence in the life of his victim, which satisfies his inflated ego in a way that satisfies his narcissism..

The narcissist usually resorts to this method in the second stage of the relationship hierarchy, which is the stage of losing control in an attempt to re-impose his control by any means.

Resorting to this method, which is considered one of the dirtiest types of psychopathic manipulation, is one of the dangerous indicators that the personality is unstable and may be a sign of a mental illness that governs the narcissistic personality’s behaviors and relationships.

How to deal with this behavior 

The answer, of course, lies in strengthening the immunity against this type of emotional blackmail by adopting a calm and sober reaction that is a mixture between the victim’s preoccupation with herself as much as possible and giving her extra importance and attention and even additional love, which would refute the idea of ​​inferiority and distance negative thinking and thus not be drawn into Sadness, isolation and depression, and because the narcissist will closely watch the impact of what he is trying to draw his victim into, the important step here is to try to act indifferently towards the narcissist's silence as much as possible and not show any discomfort with the status quo. This situation will generate a state of despair in the narcissist, which will push him later to break this silence, but not with an apology or an explicit retreat, but with a desperate attempt by him to provoke an imagined problem that will end with the victim’s condoning and bypassing the situation with flexibility and rationality.

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