Personality types of narcissists.
Trying to work out if you’re dealing with a narcissist or not can get you looking at lots of different literature and listening to lots of audio, as those light bulb moments hit one by one, and all those dots we didn’t see while we lived it begin to connect together. The fact we start to Google someone’s behaviour or see a meme or a quote that describes our life or someone we are dealing with is a major red flag you’re dealing with a toxic person. There are many words out there describing the different narcissistic personality types, so here’s a quick summary.
Narcissistic people enjoy playing games with people’s emotions and lives. Some you can limit contact and disarm them by knowing yourself that well. Their negativity no longer impacts your emotional or physical health. Others are extremely dangerous, so no contact and always stay safe.
A narcissist wants your attention, any attention, they do prefer positive, yet they will take negative if they believe they are not getting their own way. They are happy to be loved or to be feared. They actually control others through love or fear. Their main manipulation tactic is offering love with one hand and taking it away with another while instilling self-doubt and fear into those close to them. When it comes to narcissistic people, one of their worst fears is to be ignored.
The narcissistic personality disorder is on a spectrum which is made up of nine Characteristics as it’s a disorder. These characteristics are often the driving force behind their very similar Mind Games and tactics. Yet, they are individuals, so which they use depends on them. Some will go for the Silent Treatment. More than others, some will play victim more than others. They all Gaslight and manipulate. They will cross over what manipulation they use, depending on who they are using them on.
They can all work covertly; they all try to work undercover in destroying those close to them.
Some are extremely intelligent, and others are not so much. Some play victim most of the time, others not so much, some have stunning looks, some not so much, they are all individuals, yet the exes, their adult children, and their parents all have eerily similar story’s to tell. It’s almost like a narcissist works from the Same book, and with the traits they have, they do.
Not everyone who is intelligent or not so much, etc., is a narcissist; they do have to have the traits to go with it.
Some are extremely dangerous, and others are not. All are psychologically abusive to those around them. Some use physical violence in abundance, some will not, and some will pull hair, spit in your face or slap you. Others will not resort to physical violence. Some will damage possessions. Others will not.
The narcissistic personality disorder is a disorder, and they do need to have at least five traits to have the disorder these are.
1. Has a grandiose sense of self-importance. Exaggerating achievements and talents.
2. Preoccupied with ultimate success. Lives in a fantasy world of power, control, dominance, brilliance.
3. Superiority. Believing they are special and above all others.
4. Entitled. Feels entitled to have all their own needs met, demanding, manipulative and controlling.
5. Excessive admiration. A constant need for excessive admiration.
6. Exploits others. Takes advantage and manipulates others to get their own needs met.
7. Lack of empathy. Can not truly connect with how others are feeling.
8. Envious and jealous. Hate people who have something they want, also believing others are envious of them.
9. Arrogant. An exaggerated sense of their own abilities and behaviours.
Types Of Narcissists.
There are three types of narcissists and four subtypes.
The three types.
1. Classic the grandiose, they know everything, it’s their way or the high way, these are the ones you are most likely to read about, self-centred, arrogant, full of charm, often having lots of supporters around them.
2. Malignant, the most pathological and hurtful of all narcissists, they have no sense of their inner worth, meaning they are full of rage and extremely vindictive, they are extremely dangerous and will stop at nothing to harm others, they are extremely unstable and often unstoppable, they will encourage others to fight on their behalf, they are extremely impulsive, they have no empathy or guilt, taking lots of rash hurtful actions towards others, they have an excessive rage within themselves. They have the ability to change reality for millions of people. Their crazy internal reality makes those around them believe that crazy reality, in the millions if allowed to do so. They have no limits, and there is nothing they will not do to serve themselves.
3. The fragile, vulnerable narcissist tends to be more emotionally sensitive to criticism than other narcissists, have low self-esteem and can be depressed. Someone who’s been abused by a narcissist can come across as a vulnerable narcissist from learned behaviour to protect themselves when they are actually struggling with CPTSD. Vulnerable narcissists often get misdiagnosed with BPD. Those with BPD or CPTSD can get misdiagnosed as a narcissist.
The classic grandiose narcissist will most often be overt as they believe they are special. The world around them usually agrees with them. The victim will most often be covert as they think they are special and don’t understand why the world around them doesn’t agree. Malignant can be either. All three can use overt or covert methods, depending on their needs.
Narcissistic subtypes.
1. Introverted or Covert, they are harder to identify, they are very fragile, very ashamed people, extremely sensitive to setbacks and criticism, they are very woe is me. They’ve suffered more than anybody else, extraordinarily envious and jealous, not understanding why others get stuff they do not. They can be passive-aggressive, and they can be very antisocial. They will continually nag if they work. They often change jobs fast; they get bored very quickly; they are extremely lazy.
2. Extroverted or Overts believe they have a right to everything and anything. Arrogant, self-centred, low empathy, believing they are special and above everyone else, they are better than all those around them. No respect, stubborn and self-centred.
3. Somatics parade their body and looks and brag about their physical selves. Brags about their sexual conquests. They exploit their body’s to gain the attention of others that they crave so badly.
4. Cerebral narcissist pretends to know it all, and they use all their knowledge, real or fake intellect. The maintenance of their body is a chore they can not be bothered with, so they use real of fake intelligence to get the attention they crave from those around them.
Other potential types that researchers are looking into.
Communal, they seem to sacrifice themselves for others, very community-oriented, coming across as genuine people, they can winge and whine, they need praise for all that they do, they are passive-aggressive, controls you by giving you things, will happily trip you up, so they can claim they picked you back up. They seem on the outside to work so hard and do so much for others, yet their true behaviour is textbook narcissism. They are a backhanded do-gooder and may appear to listen and help others. They are actually helping themselves. They will always let you know which charity they’ve been to, how many people they’ve helped, etc. They are after the attention and praise.
Inverted, vulnerable, covert narcissist.
Some researchers have identified a special type of covert, vulnerable narcissist called an inverted narcissist. These narcissists are thought to be codependent. They seek to attach themselves to other narcissists to feel special and are only satisfied or happy when they are in relationships with other narcissists. They are victim-narcissists who suffer from childhood abandonment issues.
If narcissists do love, it’s only themselves. They can display conditional love. If they are with the same sex or opposite sex, in an intimate relationship, they prefer meeting their own needs and housing rather than thinking of the other person’s needs.
They can either be.
On the lower end of the spectrum, those who don’t seem to have much going for them yet still draw people in. These can be violent as they don’t have much control over their anger.
The middle of the spectrum often using the silent treatment and pity plays to win people over.
The upper end, more malignant or narcissistic sociopaths, usually know what they are, don’t care what they are and are often more calculating and cunning in all they do.
You can not help a narcissist, as they can not help themselves. They only want to help themselves to other people’s stuff. You’ve probably tried countless times to help them, just losing yourself more each time. You did not cause it, you can not change it, and you can not control it. Most are like ticking time bombs waiting to go off at any moment for any reason, why we walk on eggshells around them, like walking through a landmine, one foot out of place. They blow, always keep yourself safe, with some you can learn how to handle yourself around them, yet this would still need to be limited contact. Walk free and surround yourself with positive people.
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