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The silent treatment is a common form of abuse used by people who cannot stand to be on the receiving end of another person's self assertiveness. The silent treatment cuts the victim off from the abuser, it sends a distinctive message about how insignificant the victim is and how easy it is for the abuser to live without them. It is utilized by insecure people of weak character and poor self image who cannot keep up their end of a relationship through dialogue. It's their way or else. When you do something that displeases them you cease to exist for a certain period of time. I knew one person who doled out silent treatment punishments in increments of three month periods. We ignored him too!

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Yes, this sounds right.

Narcisstic is the root word for one who places him/herself abouve others, abouve or out of reach; one who is more in love with her/himself than others in their lives. They need others to reflect themselves off of, like you would reflect yourself off the mirror; they feel that if some one does them wrong, or mis uses them in ANY way that they have the RIGHT to punish, to give the cold shoulder to those who do not live up to the standard, whatever that is, or the N. person. This is the ultimate show of love of self; making tohers pay for not loving (them) as much as they should have. The idea is punishment; those who do not love or show their love the right way must be punished. That's narcissitic.

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The narcissist will use the silent treatment for as long as they can to get the attention they are seeking. I have lived with a N for many years, wasted 6 years of my life and he still torments me. We have been split of for a year now and he still torments me. Oh the silent treatment......what a terrible thing to do. They do it to torture you mentally even more then they already have. It is a form of abuse and control. As long as they give you the silent treatment, they know that you are losing your mind while they are acting foolish. They also know that usually this tactic works very well for them because in the end, you are left with asking what is wrong and apologizing for something you did not do and that my friend is where the N gains satisfaction and has successfully drained another vial of blood from your soul.......

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They might be hurt. "Feelings."

Answer They are deeply injured by some slight remark you made. oh anything you said - to stick up for yourself to express an opinion to point out an err on his part. It's the proverbial six year old mad at mommy so hes going to hold his breath till he turns blue. Thing is human six year olds grow out of it and learn the world does not revolve around him. Trust me they are even more pertubed when you just ignore him and get on with your life as if he was nothing more than a mosquito bite. The effect is often startling and sometimes humorous. They will then go into another mode saying, acting and doing the wierdest things to get your attention. again the six year old is saying "look at me mommy see what i can do?" Keep ignoring him he will go away and find other people to irritate. Its a good sign when hes in silient treatment mode. Because you are getting to him......

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