Dealing with a narcissist, or even any kind of antagonistic person, can be challenging to say the least. It’s hard to communicate effectively with someone who actually isn’t committed to conflict ...

When youre dealing with a toxic, narcissistic, or abusive person, you dont want to add any fuel to their fire. In fact, in many instances, youd probably like to simply disappear. Emotionally, thats ...

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If you’re on #TherapyTok, you might’ve heard of a buzzy new term circulating around: the gray rock method. But what you don’t know is you’ve likely already used this communication strategy in numerous ...

Narcissists are renowned for their insatiable need for admiration, their sense of entitlement, and their lack of empathy towards others. Whether in the workplace, at family gatherings, or even within ...

Gray rocking, or the grey rock method, is a tactic some people use to deal with abusive or manipulative behavior. It involves becoming as uninteresting and unengaged as possible so that the other ...

Do you think you have a narcissistic abuser in your life? One you can’t walk away from, at least not yet? The gray rock method’s goal is simple: Act like a gray rock. With a narcissist, that’s easier ...

One strategy for dealing with a narcissist or sociopath is to act like a “gray rock,” meaning that you become uninteresting and unresponsive. Using the Gray Rock method, your objective is to make ...

The “gray rock” method was, from what I can tell, coined by this blogger in this post. The idea behind gray rock is that people with narcissistic or Borderline Personality Disorder traits are drawn to ...