{"id":1192,"date":"2025-07-15T16:57:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T16:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themarymcconnell.com\/blog\/?p=1192"},"modified":"2026-01-20T23:59:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T23:59:37","slug":"narcissist-and-the-silent-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themarymcconnell.com\/blog\/narcissist-and-the-silent-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Narcissist and the Silent Treatment: How to Recognize, Respond and Reclaim Your Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of the most dangerous manipulative tactics is the narcissist and the silent treatment they use on you.<\/span><\/p>\n

The narcissist and the silent treatment, It’s a tactic they use where they ignore and refuse to communicate with you. This is an attempt to give you space, this is a narcissist using the silent treatment on you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Many survivors will describe the narcissist and the silent treatment as some of the most confusing and painful experiences they survived during their abusive relationship.<\/p>\n

The narcissist and the silent treatment is a mind game to get you to feel you’ve done something wrong. The narcissist and the silent treatment is like a medieval torture to control your mind.<\/p>\n

Combatting a narcissist and the silent treatment means learning how to recognize, respond, and recover from the damaging cycles of the narcissist and the silent treatment.<\/p>\n

The Narcissist and the silent treatment use is an effort to make you feel responsible and guilty for whatever is wrong that by not communicating with you, they now control you. They now have you believing that it was because of your wrongdoing not theirs that it happened.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Narcissist and the silent treatment can erode self-esteem and cause anxiety and leave the victim feeling they are at fault but not knowing for what. I hope that by reading on you will be able to recognize this form of abuse, respond in a healthy way to main<\/span>tain yourself, and reclaim your voice to set your boundaries.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Narcissistic Silent Treatment?<\/span><\/p>\n

The narcissist and their silent treatment pattern are completely different from a normal silent treatment. Everyone can stop talking to someone for a bit to get through emotions. But a Narc will expect you to drop everything and respond immediately or they will start in on you about ignoring them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But if you ask anything it\u2019s a brick wall. This way you know you are wrong (we still don\u2019t know why). The narcissist and the silent treatment are a form of emotional abuse. Designed to break you down over time.<\/span><\/p>\n

The prolonged effects of the narcissist and the silent treatment are detrimental to future growth. You begin to feel worthless, inferior, almost like it\u2019s a treat for good behavior that they acknowledge you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You become anxious and depressed like you\u2019re not good enough to even be noticed in this relationship. The narcissistic silent treatment is a form of emotional abuse because of the prolonged effect it has on your mental health.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Each time this type of abuse occurs, it doesn\u2019t have to leave a bruise that can be seen, because they have bitten off a piece of your self-worth and that will take decades in ideal conditions to even begin to regrow and heal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Don’t let this their silent treatment determine your worth. Speak up, seek support and take your power back from the Narcissist and their silent treatment of undeserved punishment.<\/p>\n

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