Understanding Why Narcissists Crave Love but Can’t Accept It

Yes, I believe most of them do feel unloved. They feel unloved which is why they’re incapable of loving you. Those with narcissistic personality disorder exhibits extreme need for validation, attention, a sense of entitlement, a desire to control, gaslight, manipulate others, and avoid taking responsibility. Though, they feel unloved they go about it the wrong way of receiving love, they trick their victims to believe that they can give and receive love, which is not true. They want to be loved, but the love is not reciprocated and that is where the conflicts begin. This all comes with their personality disorder. When it comes to narcissists, they have a reputation for feeling superior, which means that they will do anything they deem necessary in order for people to admire them as a way to feel love. They confuse admiration, control, dominance, attention, abuse with love which is why they feel unloved.

If you decide to show them any form of compassion, care, love, and understanding will be exploited as a weakness when dealing with a narcissist. For them it is their comfort zone of remaining in the dark about how they enter into relationships with the wrong intent. Although, in reality, they are crying out to be loved and to build a connection, yet they’re too proud and afraid to recognize their needs. They don’t want to come off as being…