THIS IS WHY The Narcissist CAN'T STAND Your Happiness

Narcissists know when you’re done with them. They know when you’ve finally seen through their mask — when you realize that everything about them is fake. They can sense when you’re fed up, when you can’t be bothered anymore, when your energy begins to fade. They know because they’ve seen it before. They anticipate it. They wait for that moment when you’re too tired to deal with them anymore, and they sense when your energy starts slipping away.

They recognize when your energy has shifted, because they live in depletion themselves. Their desires are insatiable, but they can never be fulfilled. They always want more — and because of that, they can never truly be happy. They are constantly longing for what others have, because deep down they feel empty inside. To ease that discomfort, they try to train you to feel the same emptiness. If you’re just as depleted as they are, you become less of a threat. You’re on their level. You match their energy. Only then do they feel comfortable — calm, even — because they cannot stand to be around someone who feels whole, content, or satisfied.

They sense fulfillment like a wound. That’s why they come into your life — not to lift you up, but to drain you. They have nothing of their own to give. They only come around to feed off your positivity and your light. They take your optimism, your joy, and your peace because they have none. And when they notice you’re starting to get better, to heal, to find happiness again, that’s the last thing they want to see. Your healing does nothing for them. In fact, it threatens them. Because what they feed on is your misery. Your sadness. Your confusion. That’s what gives them satisfaction.

As long as you’re hurt, as long as you’re missing them, they feel powerful. They feel amused, entertained, alive. They don’t even have to be around you to sense it — they can feel it instinctively. They can sense your emotional state without words, without contact. You can try to act indifferent, but they’ll still pick it up in your tone, your body language, your silence. They notice the smallest details — things that most people would never see — and that’s what gives them an advantage. They know when you’re still suffering. They know when you’re still thinking about them. And it makes them feel good, because they want you to be unhappy — just like them. Your pain validates them. Your sadness soothes their insecurity.

But something changes the moment you begin to reclaim yourself. When you start rebuilding your confidence, when you start understanding who they really are, everything shifts. You begin to resonate with positivity, with clarity, with truth. You start detaching from the toxic bond that once held you. You start to heal the emotional wounds they left behind.

And they feel it.

They can sense when they no longer have a hold over you. They can feel it in their core — that loss of control, that fading connection. It hurts them deeply. They begin to feel sorrow, emptiness, even panic, because for a moment they had you. You were their source. But now, you’re slipping away. You’re undoing the psychological damage they caused. You’re freeing yourself from their emotional grip. And the moment your spirit detaches, they feel it. That’s when their pain begins.

As you find your peace, as you feel lighter and less anxious, they sense it like a storm that’s moved on and left them behind. They know when you’re no longer thinking about them. Even if you say you’re fine, they can tell. Because energy doesn’t lie. You can’t fake healing — it has to come from within. And when that healing is real, when your energy becomes whole again, they feel it like a shockwave.

That inner peace — your calm, your self-contentment — destroys them. They can’t stand it. They’re uncomfortable around genuine joy, around anything pure or balanced. Dysfunction is their comfort zone. They thrive in chaos, in confusion, in pain. When people are unhappy, they feel at home. That’s why they always try to drag you back into the dysfunction — because your healing, your wholeness, reminds them of everything they are not.

When they sense you’ve healed, that’s often when they come back — not out of love, but to take again. To drain you of your strength and goodness. They can’t stand your happiness. They can’t tolerate your success. They only leave you alone when they realize they can no longer break you. Because they can’t survive around someone who has nothing left to give them.

They only ever came to destroy your peace, your joy, your sense of stability. They can’t share in those things — they can only feed off them. They have no love to give, no light of their own. So all they can do is reflect your light back to you, pretending it’s theirs. They mimic your warmth, your empathy, your goodness — but it’s only a projection. Everything you give them vanishes. It never returns. It never grows into anything meaningful, because they can’t use your energy in the same way you can. They must twist it, distort it, turn it into something dark — because only then can they relate to it.

And that’s why, when you’re finally done with them, you feel drained, weak, and empty. You feel like you’ve lost your strength, your joy, your sense of worth. You’ve been used for the wrong purpose. You’ve been spiritually and emotionally misused. They’ve taken your light and turned it into something they could consume.

But here’s what they didn’t expect — that you would rise again. That you would rebuild. That you would learn to love yourself again. Because when you do, it destroys them. They can’t stand your healing. They can’t tolerate your glow. It eats away at them.

They become hateful, envious, and bitter — because you weren’t supposed to survive without them. You weren’t supposed to rise from the ashes. They intended to crush your spirit, to make sure you’d never recover, never hope, never rebuild. But you did.

And now, your strength is something they’ll never understand. Your happiness is something they’ll never feel. Because they’ll never experience true joy or peace of mind. They’ll always live in emptiness — haunted by what they lost when they lost you.

Your healing is their downfall. Your peace is their punishment. And your happiness… is what they’ll never be able to destroy again.