Knowing the Narcissist : 15 Boundary Breakers

We never respect boundaries, do not regard them as applicable to us, whether those boundaries are accepted social conventions or boundaries enshrined in law, we have little or no regard for them. These rules, procedures, conventions and laws are for the little people, not titans such as us. We go where we want, when we want and do what we want. Driven by our astonishing sense of entitlement, absent empathy and innate superiority, we smash through barriers and boundaries every day. This is a total mind set which we adopt and the examples of this are legion. Here are fifteen instance of our boundary breaking behaviours.

1. Anything of yours is automatically ours.
2. You are an extension of us.
3. We make you feel guilty if you say no to us.
4. We make you believe that you are something that you are not.
5. We ignore and/or deny your needs.
6. We invade your spaces.
7. We allow your sense of self-esteem and self-worth to be eroded.
8. We make you solely responsible for our needs.
9. We make you say “yes” to us through a sense of obligation.
10. We make you feel it is necessary to always please us.
11. We treat you unequally.
12. We fail to support you.
13. We expect you to agree with us all of the time.
14. We expect you to read our minds so you do what we want.
15. We dominate your resources – time, energy, attention, socialising, money and emotions.