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How Narcissists and Healthy People Handle Shame Differently

Waleed Ahmed
3 min readDec 26, 2024

This is what it all boils down to.

A healthy individual is ashamed of what they have done. They better themselves as a result of the embarrassment. Moral self-improvement is fueled by shame.

A narcissist is ashamed of what they have done. Because of the humiliation, they feel compelled to act violently or aggressively in an attempt to destroy you, the object of their shame. Shame encourages further moral decay.

A healthy individual might be shamed into “quitting it.”

A narcissist may try to harm you right away if you embarrass them sufficiently.

(A psychotic condition of lower level compulsive abuse, such as persistent gaslighting, persistent lying, persistent shifting of blame, persistent counter accusations, extreme passive aggression, etc., is produced by lesser shame. The narcissist is completely deluded and in psychosis when they are in this condition; they are unable to recognize reality and resist compulsive southwardness.

Narcissists and healthy individuals handle guilt in different ways.

Healthy individuals are improved by shame.

Narcissists are further depressed by shame.

A narcissist handles humiliation in this way.

Try your hardest not to feel it (it will just make things worse).
feel it strongly and use violence to “deal” with it right away, which only…

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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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