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Why Narcissists Seem Like Two Different People
Narcissists are contradictory, perplexing people. Even their ability to be polite and kind is one of their inconsistencies. and poisonous and harsh.
It raises the question, “Is the kind and nice one the fake one?” Or the poisonous and nasty one who pretends to be them? Which of these is the true one?
Dealing with someone who is always poisonous and vicious is simpler than dealing with someone who is sometimes pleasant and unpleasant.
You may spend decades or possibly the rest of your life trying to solve this issue.
It gives narcissist sympathizers the opportunity to deceive you by saying that they never intended any damage and that you should forgive them right away or never pass judgment since you would act in the same way. This is a risky line of thinking that will result in you discarding your whole life as their lifetime punching bag.
Via the narcissist cycle, narcissists directly mistreat you.
By tricking you into feeling pity for the narcissist, narcissist sympathizers implicitly mistreat you.
People of both kinds are hazardous.
Let’s go back to the question. Is the brutality accidental or deliberate?
It’s both. We keep attempting to fit narcissists into the neurotypical pigeonhole, which makes them so confusing and hard to comprehend. They are not appropriate.
Our motivations are…