How to tell if someone is a narcissist
What makes a person a narcissist
- Self-Centred
- Constantly thinking about themselves
- Focus on getting their own needs met (often ignoring the needs of others)
- Sense of entitlement or superiority
- Feeling that they are always right
- Feeling that they are better or deserve more than other people
- Lack of empathy
- Lacking compassion and feeling for other people
- Manipulative or controlling
- Us emotions to manipulate people
- Strong need for admiration
- Demands admiration and praise
- Like to be the centre of attention
- Upset if they are not in the spotlight
- Difficulty taking feedback
- Over-act to criticism
- Have a hard time admitting when they are wrong
- Easily wounded
- Quick to feel hurt or angry
- Frequently feel wronged by others
Anatomy of a narcissist
- Appears to be very social
- Seeks people who are kind yet vulnerable
- Very jealous and deep insecure
- Control freak
- Induces shame to make you feel worthless
- Doesn’t take responsibility
- Plays victim
- Addicted to anything that is superficial
- Perfect manipulators, makes you question your own reality
- Isolates you from others
- Ignores when you feel
- Appears to be very charming
- Pathological liar
- Fear of rejection
- No real friends
- Lack of boundaries
- Ignores boundaries
- Highly stressed and angry
- Fear of being alone
- Play mind games
- Heightened sense of self and entitlement
- Emotionally fragile and hypersensitive
- Gaslighting
- It’s always about them
- Belittles you
- Blames other but herself
- Takes credit for other people’s work
- Will never apologises for their mistakes
- Criticise people a lot
- Talk more than they listen
- Loses their temper
- Treat other poorly
- Are self-obsessed
- Two-faced, critical of others behind their backs
- Acts different in public and private
What they appear to be like:
- Charming
- Confident
- Extrovert or quiet and isolated
- Sociable
- Caring
- Charismatic
Eight things you can’t do with a narcissist
- Have friends
- Find peace
- Share good times
- Be guaranteed of success
- Be comforted
- Reach consensus
- Hear truth
- Reach your true potential
Narcissistic Abuse
Narcissistic abuse is also a form of emotional abuse. This can happen to anyone (in a relationship or by a friend).
Signs of narcissistic abuse
- Physical health deterioration
- Increased irritability and anxiety
- Low self-worth
- You blame yourself
- You feel isolated
- You never feel like you are good enough.
- You forget your emotional needs
- You detach from your loved ones/friends
- Feeling controlled and manipulated
- You question your sanity and critical thinking
- You justify and empathise with a narcissist
- You give up your values and try to always please a narcissist
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