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How Narcissists Use Their Will to Exploit and Harm

Waleed Ahmed
2 min readDec 7, 2024

I will give a small example to make it clearer.

  • I want to
  • I will do

What is the difference?

I want”, we are expressing our intent for something we aspire toward. It’s an articulation of ambition without a commitment to action, It does nothing for self-esteem It is passive and commits no action.

I will” is Commitment to Action, its a declaration of commitment followed by action, more like a promise, it changes self-esteem and enhances it.

So clearly it’s a will, not a want, not even a need

But what kind of will?

DO WHAT THOU WILT SHALL.

I live by my own values, my own ways, walk in my own light. I am responsible for my own good and evil, I am worshipping myself.

Thelema, the Book of the Law. (Aleister Crowley, an occultist English writer, mystic, and ceremonial magician).

Back to the point

  • Hostility: Their own free whimsical will driven by their aggressive & exploitive nature.
  • Fragmentation: where they shift from stress to rage in a fraction of a second, skipping all the normal stages that neurotypicals endure
  • Lack of empathy and

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Waleed Ahmed
Waleed Ahmed

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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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