Truth
is, everyone is a bit of a narcissist but when you should a pay attention is
when either all these signs are present in one person or the expression of one
of these signs in an individual is alarmingly excessive. A narcissist is
typically a person with an overwhelming need for admiration, an inflated sense
of their own self-importance and lack of basic level of empathy for others. Here are 7 signs of narcissism you should in fact be able to identify.
Rule Breaking
Narcissists
typically enjoy getting away with violating and breaking rules and social
norms. The key word here is ‘enjoy’. They take pride in being above the law and
in being able to persuade people to give them exceptions to their rules.
Violates
Boundaries
A narcissist
mostly disregards people’s thoughts, feelings, possessions and physical space.
They overstep and use others without consideration or sensitivity. They hardly
respect boundaries. Narcissists also break promises and obligations repeatedly,
are hardly dependable, show little remorse and blame those they offend for
their lack of respect. They are never the ones to blame.
Likes to
Impress Others
For a
narcissist, everything is done to impress others and look good externally. Even
when they seem generous, they’re only generous because of how good it makes
them look to others. They have a ‘trophy’ or ‘achievement’ complex and use
people, objects, status, and/or accomplishments to represent and celebrate
self.
A Strong
Aversion to Criticism
Even when the
criticism is constructive and is communicated in the kindest possible way, a
narcissist will take offense. They are hyper-sensitive to criticism in a way
that can be excessive, violent and almost ridiculous. For them, criticism is an
attack on their magnified sense of self and self-importance.
Everything is
Personal
Narcissists tend
to take everything personally because they see it as an attack on their person.
They are often defensive and have a reactive anger to not being recognized, being
disrespected or not being able to have their way.
They Love
Flattery
It's mind
boggling how much a narcissist loves flattery. Regardless of what you do to
them, once you are able to flatter them with the right words, they will totally
and completely forgive you. They might even forget altogether that you even
offended them in the first place. Flattery is the best way to avoid conflict
with them.
They Probably
Don’t Know They are Narcissists
This isn’t too
surprising since they are typically very self-involved and nothing is ever
their fault. It’s usually after a narcissist has developed so many problems
that they start to wonder and ask themselves, ‘I feel so great. I know I’m
awesome, but why does everybody not like me? Why do they all leave me?’. This is
one of the major reasons it’s initially difficult to help a narcissist; you
would mostly have to wait till they get to this stage before you can offer them
any help.
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