Misery has an odor that is independent of an individual’s race or gender. To smell this odor, you may first need to redeem your senses through a healing journey, but the smell is consistent amongst all humans.

the raging narcissist 

There is an odor of misery and rage that comes from a raging person who likely subscribes to victimhood. Codependent caretakers and narcissists rage in private, whereas the narcissist would be more likely to also rage in public. An unhealthy person who rages all the time will emit a much stronger odor than someone who occasionally rages. This is why cologne or perfume may be applied too heavily as the person tries to mask the scent of their misery.

This odor can also be smelled at businesses and neighborhoods where raging happens often. Sometimes, while driving with the windows down and forgetting they were down, I’d all of a sudden start to smell it and begin to smell myself. After a few times, I determined it was coming from the environment and rarely check myself anymore, even if I forget the windows are cracked.

THE RAGE ODOR IN MY YOUTH

As a child, I walked into a youth church building for the midweek service. Immediately upon entering, I turned around and left the building quickly, feeling overcome by something. I eventually re-entered the building to attend the service, but I could not understand why I had immediately left upon entering.

Today, I know it was because I smelled the strong scent of rage at the entrance. Either a rageful event had just taken place, or a rageful person was hanging out at the entrance. Since then, my sense of smell was compromised by the abusive narcissists who surrounded me for years.

After going through healing and recovery, my sense of smell came back with a vengeance. Today, I smell misery all the time, and if I’m in a confined space with a person, it is almost certain that the person is unhealthy and has been raging recently. I could even sometimes smell it on myself as I dealt with the anger of my past during recovery.

THEY CAN SMELL YOUR INTENTIONS

This is recognized in the music industry through the artist Twenty One Pilots in their song, “Heathens.” They say they can smell your intentions. Think of it this way: if someone who can smell the scent is with someone who has bad intentions and is displaying aggressive or harmful behavior, then your intentions can be implied, given that the scent suggests rage, misery, and victimhood. So yes, it’s true. The healthy and recovered with healthy senses can smell your intentions.

CONCLUSION

When you heal and redeem your sense of smell, you may realize that you’ve been around people who smell horrible, but that scent was normal to you. It’s not a normal scent, and it can be rid of by claiming responsibility for your life and leaving the victimhood mentality. Through healing, the body will no longer store what the unconscious cannot express, and body hygiene will improve. In the meantime, if you smell like rage and misery, give me 50 feet.