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How Narcissists Use Their Will to Exploit and Harm
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…