Narcissists Use Flying Monkeys to Torment Their Targets but We Can Neutralize Them With the Right Strategies
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I remember the first time I saw the Wizard of Oz. It gave me nightmares for weeks. It wasn’t the tornado scene with the witch threatening Dorothy and her little dog too or the house falling on the evil witch’s sister, the only remains being her legs sticking out from under it which then roll up and out of sight.
It wasn’t the scene with the witch watching Dorothy and her friends on her crystal ball sending out a poisonous haze to cause them to fall asleep when they travel through the poppy field. It wasn’t even the one with the evil witch’s evil guard marching as they repeated that chilling chant that went something like “Oreo, ohhh oh,” with the heavy drum beat behind it.
No, it was those horrific, winged goblin-like flying monkeys with their awful squealing noises that served the Wicked Witch of the West. After the first time seeing the movie, I left the room whenever the flying monkey scenes came on, even into my teen years.
The term flying monkey has come to be used in another context as well. In popular psychology, flying monkeys are people who narcissists use to do their bidding much as the Wicked Witch does. Just as in…
