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Why Narcissists Seek Validation and Control at Any Cost
I don’t believe most of them enjoy being a narcissist, but I do believe that they definitely enjoy the benefits of manipulating, humiliating, controlling, using, and abusing others. They do gain satisfaction from praise, adoration, exploitation, control, instant gratification, attention, and affection from their victim(s). If they didn’t enjoy the benefits that comes with being narcissistic then they would make the necessary behavioral modification when dealing with others. So, instead of making the changes or even attempting to change they subconsciously know what they do, think, or say gives them enjoyment.
- They enjoy the validation that they need to feel significant.
- They enjoy to constantly have their ego massaged by others making them feel worthy.
- They enjoy what they can and need at the expensive of others.
- They enjoy the sense of entitlement, and you bending to their desires.
- They enjoy the manipulation knowing that is the only way for them to get their needs met rather it is emotional, financial, sexual, physical, or phycological.
- They enjoy using, abusing, misleading, and hurting others to regulate their deregulated emotions.
- They enjoy the push and pull, causing you to be trauma bonded…