The narcissist regresses you in order to garner control over you and manipulate you to fulfil your role in his/her shared fantasy.
Regression and infantilization.
Regression in the service of the ego: primary process and prelogical thinking.
Wish fulfillment and magical thinking.
Thought–action fusion (TAF).
Benign vs. Malignant Regression, Basic Fault (Balint).
The Freuds (Sigmund and Anna), Peter Blos.
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