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Attention! In Walks The Most Damaging Narcissists of All; The Covert
Everything they do is to elicit a response out of you to benefit them.
3 min readJul 7, 2023
Covert/Fragile.
A covert narcissist craves admiration and importance and lacks empathy toward others but can act in a different way than an overt narcissist. When considering the behavior of narcissists, it might be hard to imagine how someone could be a narcissist and be inhibited in their approach and behavior-Google
They can appear to have feelings.
- They will act like they care when it benefits them.
- They will even shed a tear when it helps them.
- They will appear vulnerable and sorry for their actions when put on the spot, only to repeat the same behavior on a different day.
- They are extremely sensitive to criticism.
- They are also the best at playing the victim when, in fact, they are the ones that dish out the abuse.
Signs:
- The relationship intensity starts at a 10. There is no “courting” stage. It’s from talking to fucking, moving in, to marriage in a very short period. They always think, “this is the one.”
- They will tell you, and I genuinely believe they…