The Narcissist’s Parallel Reality: Fantasies That Look Like Truth

Yes.

All narcissists live a life of lie.

But it’s not as simple as that, because they don’t truly know what is a lie.

Instead of lies, falsehood is the more applicable word. A lie is something you know is a lie. A falsehood is a conviction you absolutely believe is true, but is untrue. So it’s complex, but ultimately understandable.

It would be more accurate to declare that narcissists live a life of lie because they believe the falsehood, because they spent a lifetime having no interest in truth or reality.

Now, on to the nature of fantasies.

We need to understand the nature of narcissist fantasies, or we will miss the mark, which will result in poor predictive powers.

The nature of a narcissist’s fantasy doesn’t come in the form of high fantasy, like mania. They don’t believe they are Jesus Christ or Napoleon. They don’t live in a Lord of The Rings setting. Just don’t think of fantasy in the way we’ve been conditioned to think of it, in a fantastic way, with superpowers or awesome epicness. In general, narcissists don’t hallucinate.

Also, narcissists are not preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited power and success. The fantasies of narcissists don’t tend…