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Is it typically more important for a narcissist to protect his pride or his image? Probably both, but, for example, in my case the guy probably fears what I know (that it could "expose" him). A direct apology would fix that for him, in his own mind. On the other hand, to give an apology would be a blow to HIS personal pride (though most people consider this the right thing to do). If his ...

Comrades!

It is sunday morning and my inner Lenin wants to take a contemplative stroll. So:

In "Capital", Karl Marx postulates that the essence of capitalism is alienation. Because everyone is a buyer and seller of commodities, and because the buying and selling of commodities (including people's labour power in the labour market) is the primary mechanism that keeps society together, people end up alienated from one another. Marx thinks that capitalism is a relationship ...

Ok so 1 day I asked my X when we were in relationship ofcourse if she could go to temple with me. She got very angry with me and said very hurtful things to me. As usual I was hurt but I thought she misunderstood me and she is immature because at that time I didnt know about this disorder.

Next xay incidentaly we were together near the temple because she mistakenly thought that shopping ...

Hi Everyone,

I am posting my story to try to come to an understanding of my behavior and his. As a Borderline
I realize that you can only comment on the workings of his mind. Yet i am realizing that I exhibit
some disturbing N traits but I think the Narcissism is more part of the Borderline psychology and
maybe it comes from different motivations. (being abandoned and without love as well as a fear ...

I know that we NPDs attract certain types of people for friendships and romantic relationships, including others with Cluster B PDs (especially Borderlines), as well as Nons who are codependent, or those who are simply vulnerable because of a recent traumatic life event. But I've never thought of a Narcissist as someone who would attract an Empath. I assumed this would be sort of like a lion-and-hyena sort of arrangement. Yet I've found multiple sources ...

I was recently in a short relationship with a covert NPD female. She always talked about how much she "loved" a few of the superstar pro athletes of our city. I originally thought (prior to me knowing the NPD part) she just had a healthy fandom for the local sports teams and also for their best players. Whenever I'd mention some of the negative aspects of the athlete's personality or off the field conduct, she ...

I'm going to try and write this as best as I can as I haven't slept much this week.

I've been thinking a lot about what happened in my own personal situation with my ex narc recently (I ended the relationship almost a week ago) and was wondering for the Nons out there, even though you knew the person in your life was a narc or had all the symptoms and after the shock/denial period ...

I just found this site and can't resist posting after reading only a few posts. I'm in a 15 year marriage with 4 kids and I just now have come to the understanding that I think my spouse is a narc. The set off moment for me was last weekend. We had both flown in from different cities to see our son graduate. It was a long ceremony, but just before any of the formalities ...

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I came to this forum after a long term search and knowledge development on my condition looking for answers and testimonials so i could in some way figure out what to to about my life depressive cycles and problems.Would like to write and share more here, i actually have so many concerns i dont even know where to start.

from early on i tried to do something about it only to enforce the idea ...

2 weeks ago, I moved out of her house that we shared with her 4 yr old daughter, and the next day, the new guy I suspected her of starting a relationship spent the night.

She is a prominent entertainer in this city. To back up, I met her in 2003 when she was auditioning for a show I was directing. She was strikingly gorgeous and amazingly sexy. For various reasons, she didn't make it ...