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If You Notice These 10 Behaviors in a Relationship You Might Be Dating a Covert Narcissists

It’s the subtle behaviors that will keep you guessing.

Chris Freyler
3 min readMay 1, 2023
Photo by Vitolda Klein on Unsplash

The word Narcissist is the new buzz nowadays. If you are cheated on, or the person you dated was an asshole, many throw the label of Narcissist on them.

The Cleveland Clinic states up to 5% of the population is Narcissist.

How common is a Narcissistic Personality Disorder? Experts estimate that up to 5% of people have NPD. Narcissism is one of 10 personality disorders. These disorders cause people to think, feel and behave in ways that hurt themselves or others.

Personally, I believe that number to be much higher. I also think many have Narcissistic traits, and traits alone can ruin relationships and drive you completely insane.

Below is a list of 10 things I put together from my experience in dating what I believed to have been a Covert Narcissist or at least some form of a Cluster B Personality.

  • Sanity: Nothing makes sense. You begin to question reality. All the stories and behaviors aren’t lining up. One lie is…

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Chris Freyler
Chris Freyler

Written by Chris Freyler

Mistake Maker Extraordinaire .Writing from a place I don’t understand at times. I write to help myself, in return hope it helps you. Just another Quora guy.

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