Opinion piece: I am not a medical professional nor should this article be misconstrued as medical advice.
During the 2021-2022 school year for the subject of 'Health' in our homeschooling journey, I concentrated on teaching about narcissism. I did it so my son understood how to navigate the ruthlessness of this world. We stay calm once we have an understanding of what's happening.
Narcissists do NOT directly tell you they're crazy. They'll just drive you crazy in the process in order to conceal it. On this journey I found this video:
(Prof. Sam Vaknin- diagnosed narcissist and psychologist who coined the term 'narcissistic abuse ')
This video opened my eyes and acted as the catalyst to calming me down as it relates to these people. I highly suggest you watch this if you keep encountering these people.
1.They manufacture jealousy
They are fully aware that once you figure out who they truly are (a complete disaster internally), you'll leave them. They'll have events or purchase things hoping to bait you into wanting what they have all so they can be in complete control of your future interactions. They'll exclude you so you'll be angry in hopes that it will turn into jealousy. With that, you'll (hopefully) perpetually kiss their hindparts in hopes of belong to their clique.
In actuality, they're jealous of you! How dare YOU wake up naturally being nice, when they have to exhaust themselves to achieve the same result!(sarcasm). Everyone doesn't have a conscience and you need to accept that.
2. They want to be Allah (God, The Creator)
When I read this young lady's comment above, I was so grateful she validated this. Sam Vaknin always says this but it hits differently when you actually hear someone diagnosed with narcassistic personality disorder say it. Check out her video here:
(Delta. A person diagnosed with Narcassistic personality disorder speaking about people not sticking to HER script)
3. They know people hate being around them
That's why they create the 'false self'. They know people despise their 'true selves' They'll lie, use extortion, blackmail, trick or anything else to maintain the company they desire. Even if it means pretending to be nice.
(Look how this lady regards people)
They don't like themselves let alone you. They're pretending to like you. And....they're good at pretending to like you.
