How to Keep Your Mind Clear When Narcissists Try to Confuse You

The key is to stay sane.

This is important because their goal is to drive you nuts. So you thwart their nefarious agenda by refusing to become nuts.

You stay sane by not becoming confused.

This is important because they drive you nuts by doing whatever it takes to confuse you. So you overcome their tactics by recognizing that confusion is their whole point.

You refuse to become confused by not taking anything they say or claim seriously.

This is important because they will say or claim things with absolute conviction. Don’t buy into any of their convictions. You do not reject their convictions out of spite, retaliation or malice, you reject them purely because they are falsehoods that sprang from salads and only offer confusion, not clarity or answers (i.e. because they are BS).

By refusing to take whatever they say seriously, you stay sane, clear, and grounded.

Next, you stay that way for everything you do in response to them.

What do you do when you know you cannot take seriously what someone says?

You discard most of what they say.

Yes, you discard their words.