Number 5: Narcissists are confrontational.
They simply enjoy confrontation. They enjoy the fight. They enjoy the drama. They enjoy the competition, the game. Mostly, they enjoy winning. And, again, remember, winning for them means you are losing in ways that will have a detrimental, if not completely devastating, impact on not only your self-esteem, but also your emotional, psychological, physical, and spiritual well-being.
And because they operate from an over-inflated ego, often with a delusional sense of entitlement, grandeur, and superiority, their need to be right at all costs will not only be stunning but also, as I just said, incredibly harmful to anyone who engages in the nonsense and insanity with them, especially if you’re doing so on a regular basis. The more empathic you are, the more true this will be for you. Why? Because it’s never going to be a level playing field.
A Book: Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men.
Understand that narcissists have zero boundaries. And I mean zero. They are, at the very least, empathy impaired if not lacking in conscience entirely. They also have zero issues lying, twisting, distorting, omitting, and misleading. And this is as true of the covert or more meek and vulnerable narcissist as it is of the more overt and grandiose narcissist.
When a narcissist wants to pick a fight with you for any reason, you’ll be on the receiving end of personal attacks in the form of insults, put-downs, and even mocking behaviors. Like, for example, laughing at you when you express how hurt or disappointed you actually are. So what do you do? How do you handle it when you’re being targeted by a toxic, entitled empathy-impaired emotional manipulator in this fashion?
Well, if you’re caught in an argument, there are ways to stay empowered:
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