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Anti-Harmony: The Invisible Pattern Behind Narcissistic Behavior

Waleed Ahmed
7 min readDec 17, 2024

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Anti-harmonization.

By obtaining a visceral understanding of how harmonization feels like, anti-harmonization stands out jarringly in everything a narcissist does.

There is something off about them.

This is an often repeated saying. But what does it truly mean? What is so ‘off’ about them?

I believe what ‘off’ refers to is dissonance.

You can feel this ‘off’ feeling in everything they do, including even when they try hard to get along with you.

A person who genuinely gets along with you just gets along. That makes it natural.

A love bombing, anti-harmonious person feels discordant, off-key when they try to get along. They’re being nice, but something's not quite right, and it’s hard to put a finger on it. It’s like they are trying to get along, but failing because there is no ‘you’ in their getting along, they are trying at empty air, which made their getting along just putting on a show. But it’s so hard to articulate and pin down.

But now you can put a finger on it, and it’s called anti-harmony.

Harmony always feels peaceful and fulfilling. That’s because it comes with its own…

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Waleed Ahmed
Waleed Ahmed

Written by Waleed Ahmed

I'm Waleed Ahmed, and I'm passionate about content related to software development, 3D design, Arts, books, technology, self-improvement, Poetry and Psychology.

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