Why Narcissists Constantly Underestimate Others

Yes, they do, because they’re so accustomed to regarding someone as less capable than they really are. Underestimating someone is part of their personality disorder. Narcissists have spent a lifetime perfecting a campaign of manipulative skills, so they feel very confident undermining others. They feel that most people are inferior to them and are weak minded by falling for their manipulative tactics. They carry out more manipulative actions in a week than most people do all year. Their actions are driven by power and control. They are so used to conning, grooming, side-stepping, gaslighting, or bulldozing their way into someone’s life with wrong intentions. They believe that most people deserve to be bamboozled. This gives them narcissistic supply, and a gratifying feeling of superiority.

They underestimate people more often than not, because this feeds into inflating their fragile ego. Their undermining is actually associated with them underestimating you, which also feeds into their superiority complex. They are often insecure and use undermining as a way to make themselves feel better. They often have a need to feel superior to others and derive pleasure from seeing them fail, defeated, and in emotional pain. However, there comes a time when they do come across someone who they have wrongly underestimated who will stand up to them and not allow them to abuse…