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Signs & Behaviours

Experiencing Leakage is unpleasant — but it carries major, positive information value. Each card decodes a specific Narcissist tactic, the tell-tale phrases, and what it means at the bedside or in the room.

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Dominance
Gaslighting & Goading

Malevolent Mind Mangling — a “quick format” of your memory — paired with covert provocation that makes the victim look like the aggressor.

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Dominance
Logorrhea

Verbal diarrhoea — a wall of loud babble with no chance to break in. The proof positive that someone is seeking to dominate you.

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Escalation
Escalation Snakes & Ladders

Each Dilemma escalated to an Ultimatum with only bad choices — every ladder paired with a de-escalation snake. A defensive Aide Memoire.

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Deception
Hidden Truth Defence Layers

Concentric obstruction — distraction, diversion, obfuscation, refusal, anger — all guarding one protected core: the truth.

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Clinical
The Somatic Patient

A Factitious faker who researches a serious condition, rehearses its signs and symptoms, and dials 999 — with no medical emergency at all.

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Clinical
Ambush Seizures

Violent predatory acts staged to draw medics in for an attack without cause or warning. More battle than clinical assessment.

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Escalation
Two EGO Flip-Modes

An invincible mini-god one day, worthless the next. The ego as a balloon — inflated by success, popped by failure into defeat and deflation.

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Deception
Exploitation Vectors

Deny Knowledge, make Interruptions, create Time-Pressure — the three-pillar strategy that forces a bad, ill-informed decision.

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Deception
The Charm-Offensive

Grandeur, name-dropping and compliments form the bond — then the first favour is requested. Rung one on the Escalation ladder.

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The flashpoint

The moment you say “No”

You cease being a useful idiot and become the enemy. The escalation that was subtle now takes on a different tempo — but this is a positive Discovery step. The mask drops, and you see the real character. Steel yourself.

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