Baiting and Bashing
I’m “mentally unstable”
for objecting to your abuse?!
Sociopaths enjoy playing this game. They provoke their chosen target for a reaction, then claim it as evidence of mental instability, evil-mindedness, or something else that implies it is the victim who is at fault. While diverting all attention away from his own behavior, the bully seeks support from others, turning them against his target. It can be devastating for someone already suffering from mistreatment to also be blamed, slandered, rejected, and isolated. The abuser enjoys the sense of power and control he derives from tormenting with impunity, and the positive attention he gets from playing the victim and fishing for sympathy. It is also an effective method of intimidating his target from speaking up and exposing the abuser.
- See also:
- Baiting & Bashing
- Twisting of Meanings and Verbal Traps
- Vindictiveness
- Slander Tactics
- Denial and DARVO
Witch burning
Psychopath Resistance
- What is a narcissistic injury? — R. H. Writes
- 100 Traits & Behaviors of Personality Disordered Individuals
- Why the Disturbed Characters in Your Life Don’t Seem to “Get It”
- Disturbed Characters Never Want to Accept Blame
- The Narcissist Epidemic
- What Is Reactive Abuse?
- Happy Valentine’s Day! Be careful.
- Distortion Campaigns
- 14 Manipulative Tactics
- The Smear Campaign—Trademark of a Sociopath
Path Whisperer
- Title: “Wake Up Kids! Anti-Virus Guy [John McAfee ] Died Trying to Save You” — Subtitle: Sounds like murder to me
- A psychopath’s self reflection on his condition
- “Yuval Noah Harari spills the beans: ‘We just don’t need the vast majority of the population’”
- “Klaus Schwab’s WEF: Humans Are Now ‘Hackable Animals that will be Re-engineered’”
- The Psychopath Nation hates us and ‘loves dem some vaxx’ — Leana Wen
Psychopath Free
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Love Fraud
- The narcissist and the ‘Drama Triangle’
- What happens to your brain with PTSD, and a promising technique to fix it
- LETTERS TO LOVEFRAUD: Listen to the gift of fear
- Classic sociopathic control strategy: Accusing you of cheating
- LETTERS TO LOVEFRAUD: My ex-wife, the sociopath
- The top 5 brazen lies your psychopathic partner tells you
- LETTERS TO LOVEFRAUD: Psychopathic boss —pure malignant evil
- Why betrayal by a sociopath hurts so much
- LETTERS TO LOVEFRAUD: Sociopaths can fool anyone
- Why falling for a sociopath doesn’t mean you’re stupid
Salem Witch Hunt 
This is my life story in a nutshell. I was recently assaulted by my narsassistic mother and sister in front of my children and I was outcasted from my entire family. My brothers who didn’t witness this told me what I did to mom was disgusting and that they are done with me. The only silver lining is that I’m finally free from the delusional web of abuse. However my heart is broken once again. My children witnessed the situation the same as I saw it so for once I’m confident that I’m not the crazy one. They made it clear to me that I’m psycho and need help. But the funny thing is that I do get help and my therapist has been telling me for years to cut these assholes out of my life. Thanks for this post!
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You are not alone in your ability to relate to descriptions of standard narcissistic abuse tactics. Thanks for commenting! Your story will help others come to terms with abuse issues in their lives.
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