Narcissist or Narcissistic?
Understanding whether someone is narcissistic (and thus has some emotional empathy) or whether they are a narcissist (and thus has NO emotional empathy) is difficult. A host of factors determine whether somebody is a narcissist, but there are many people who are narcissistic. This group do have emotional empathy but it is not often seen, but why is that?
To understand more about the difference between narcissist and those who are narcissistic and how that appears in real life, plug in those headphones, turn up the volume and listen in as I explain it for you here
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Dear Mr Tudor,
Their fake is so real, sometimes there’s a very fine dividing line between the two parallels
My mum comes across as a caring lovable emotional animal person and was a devoted wife …..perfect couple
The weasel was a volunteer, charity giver, family man, soldier …. what’s not to like and admire there
I understand about compassion n empathy …. however, it quite often takes a long period of time to discover what lies beneath
For us empaths, by that time it’s too late !
😢
Luv Bubbles xx 😘
Well thought out, as always.
I was cracking up at the diva/sound engineer scenario. As a musician who has backed up stars, that’s funny as heck.
Let me tell you though. the tour manager would not have the talk with the star, they would speak to the sound guy, and ask them the to coddle to star. Cant risk the performance. This reminds me of a particular tv shoot with stars in Nashville. “Can I have more of me in the monitor? More of me please. Someone bring me water. ” 😂😂
Then according to this i am a narcissist…
Patrick Bateman
Re: according to this, I am a narcissist
Meaning you do not ever feel sorry for someone after lashing out at them?
No, i don’t have guilt or remorse, however if it was beneficial to me to smooth things out i would
But if you’re a narcissist, you wouldn’t realize that you don’t have remorse because you would blame the other person for your mean behavior towards them and make you feel justified for lashing out at them.
I only said according to this (scenario)
Dear HG,
Do narcissistic people seem more depressed than an actual narcissist? For instance, my ex boyfriend told me yesterday he finds it sad that I think of him so much when I wrote him some kind words, and also that they make him sad. I would think if he was a narcissist he would enjoy that? Or maybe he is fuel seeking? He is constantly acting in a depressed state and doesn’t seek attention much anymore.
Hello OT, no they would not. If you are unsure with regard to the status of your boyfriend, I recommend this to you https://narcsite.com/narc-detector/
Dear HG, why do a need for control and a lack of empathy show up together? Thank you so much.
To have the former, there must be absence of emotional empathy. If you must control someone for your benefit and not theirs, then one does not have emotional empathy.
Oh thank you my Saviour. I’m piecing it all together.