When Money Becomes A Weapon!
Narcissist types weaponize money in dangerous, calculated ways — and most people don’t realize what’s happening until they’re already stuck. This week, we’re breaking down the types and exactly how each one uses money as control. Full episode on the Dr. Ramani Network.
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I’ve been told many times “you’re so lucky!” by my mother (when I’ve been given monetary things).
Same. They made sure I have no income and no support. In a few weeks I’m either homeless or gone. I searched for how to get out of financial abuse without money or help from others. Every website says: get money and get help. What kind of people write these articles?! Not having experienced such things is one thing, but saying the solution to your current situation is ignoring the circumstances and just getting the things you can’t get from what… a magical place?!
I’m sorry for ranting under your comment. I hope you get more lucky than me!
I get what you mean. I’m in the same situation with the added health issues, caused by the narcs themselves. So on top of being debilitated and having no resources, there’s no help and they keep putting sticks in the wheel. It’s exhausting and very stress inducing, the uncertainty and unsafeness is rampant. All they do is sabotage and it’s extra hard to heal and start recovering from their abuse when we’re still in the same environment that made us sick in the first place. Is like trying to build a refuge while in the middle of a tornado.
Malignant and Grandiose Narcissists are all obsessed with making money
Never even knew financial abuse was a thing until about 6 months ago. I wasn’t allowed to have my own money and he controls all of it. With money he controls my sons and my entire world.
Ask for the grocery money at least. Start there❤
Yeah, my ex would pick up the check. Then, he’d expect me to reimburse him!
My first narcissist went on to marry another victim. From a long distance I watched her use money and loans to completely trap this guy. Especially home loans. He had a good business that he was building. She owns him no matter what she does. He’s a prisoner.
Thanks
My ex would spend money she didn’t have, to the point she wasn’t contributing at all and I had to pick up a lot or slack, in the end I somehow owed 6000$ on my CC and another 4000$ on repairing her car. Every time I asked her to talk about it she would say I was a horrible person for stressing her out by “constantly bringing it up” the only reason I had to bring it up because she derailed any path to a solution, in the end the solution was just to cut her off and cut my losses. Good riddance.
Every type of Narc that I have been closely involved with has engaged in funancial abuse
Summed up well.
12Th, 8 February 2026
You mean like the $37,000 vacation where he took 17 family members on a ski trip to Colorado? You mean like him buying FIVE JETS SKIS as Christmas gifts, one for his brother and one for each of his four grown kids? All the while, locking up cash in his truck so I had no grocery money and him telling people that he didn’t care to leave me any money, that I could “take care of myself”?!!! He used money to bribe and manipulate people until the day he died.
Giving money and things is how narcs think love is shown.
A financial prison, but I was the one who was paying.
“Look at my stupid watch”😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 thank youuuuuuuu doc ❤ i love you
He weaponized his depression to manipulate me into covering all expenses—transportation, meals, and dates—under the false pretense of “paying me back once he’s successful.” He used intermittent reinforcement by giving me grand surprise gifts at the perfect moments to keep me hooked. The moment I set a financial boundary and asked him to split the transportation costs, he flew into a rage and discarded me. I was soooo stupid 😂