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How to Win Against a Narcissist: Walk Away and Find Peace

Waleed Ahmed
2 min readDec 17, 2024

Run, do not walk to the nearest exit.

If you spot a narcissist right away, consider yourself lucky — you’re ahead of the game.

Most people don’t recognize what they’re dealing with until they’re already knee-deep in manipulation, questioning their reality, and feeling like a shadow of their former selves.

But now that you’ve spotted them, the question becomes: What do you do about it?

Here’s the truth: bringing a narcissist down is not your job.

I know it’s tempting. I know it feels like justice demands it. But I’m telling you — don’t go there.

Trying to “bring down” a narcissist is like trying to wrestle a snake in quicksand.

The harder you fight, the more you sink, and guess what? The snake is perfectly at home in the muck.

Narcissists thrive on control and chaos.

If you go after them, you’re playing their game, on their turf, by their rules.

And they’re good at it — better than you.

Their entire existence revolves around manipulating, deceiving, and leaving people in tatters.

You, on the other hand, have a life to live, a soul to nurture, and better things to do…

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Waleed Ahmed
Waleed Ahmed

Written by Waleed Ahmed

I'm Waleed Ahmed, and I'm passionate about content related to software development, 3D design, Arts, books, technology, self-improvement, Poetry and Psychology.

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