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Why The Covert Narcissists Does The Most Damage and is Difficult to Detect

They are very good at disguising their empathy that doesn’t exist.

Chris Freyler
3 min readApr 2, 2023
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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 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…

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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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