6 Creepy Things Narcissists Do With Your Photos -

Narcissists are manipulative individuals who will use anything at their disposal to cause you physical, psychological, and emotional harm. Your photos are just one of the many tools they exploit. They use your images to trigger nostalgia, distort your public image, and manipulate your emotions in ways you may not even realize.

In today’s article, we’re diving into six disturbing things narcissists do with your pictures. Some of these may feel like a punch in the gut—because you’ve seen them happen but didn’t fully grasp what was going on at the time. Stay until the very end to understand how to reclaim your image and protect yourself.

1. They Delete the Photos Where You Look the Most Alive

If you look back through your shared albums, you might notice something unsettling—certain pictures are missing. Specifically, the ones where your eyes sparkled, your smile was genuine, and you radiated confidence.

Narcissists don’t delete all your pictures. That would be too obvious. Instead, they selectively erase the ones that make them feel threatened—the ones where you looked independent, untouchable, or free from their influence.

Why? Because these images contradict the false narrative they want to build about you—that you are broken, emotionally unstable, and in need of their guidance. They want to be seen as the calm, stable one, your “savior.” And nothing threatens that illusion more than visual proof of your authentic joy.

So, they delete those moments or, worse, replace them with staged photos—ones where you look disconnected, forced, or clinging to them out of fear. This is emotional manipulation disguised as simple photo organization. They are rewriting your past without ever touching your diary.