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Dear Maria,

I would like to post the following for fellow members to read and comment about. I'd like to first see how they feel about what I think, before I go into greater and more elaborate and more time consuming vehicles to perhaps travel smoothly on the roads of being abused and used by narcissist bullies. BULLIES is the correct word, I feel.

Anyway, below, is what I feel. Please post it, or even all of this email, because I am curious about how others feel before I communicate more. Thank you.

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I believe that there is a set of behaviors that go together. In other words, I think that every narcissist is a liar, a manipulator, a cheater, an actor, tense, angry, always in need of support, pessimistic, inappropriately seductive, sexually displaying, a stealer, and is a totally insecure person who often acts as the opposite of all the above. So, they act trustworthy, honest, truthful and loyal and secure, but they will abuse you emotionally, mentally and if you let them, physically too.

 

Additionally, I have found that they never have only that one affair you caught them at. They have multiple affairs often, and when they are caught, they will never suddenly drop to their knees and say, "I have been unfaithful to you many times with many people." No.  Instead, they will make a grand production out of the one time you know about. This will give them the satisfaction of knowing that there are many things you did not find out about. That helps them return to those other relationships more confident than before.

 

They use psychological excuses such as, "I can't help it, I have a multiple personality problem, so sometimes I don't even know what the other "me" is doing." BS! Do you hear that? BS! They are so deeply involved in the "Me, me, me, I, I, I," syndrome. They hide their extreme selfishness with the opposite. They will say, "I am always doing things for everyone else, but never for myself." That is again, BS!

 

Never, ever, forget that these abusers will use the defense mechanism know as, "denial," to trick you and even themselves. Remember they act the opposite of what they are. So, expect a show of courage and bravery to mask cowardice and inability to face reality.

 

Also, they will always be having aches and pains and sicknesses and illnesses. They will spend much time describing their pains and problems to every single person they can find. They will ask you how you are feeling but they are only secretly hoping that you will say in return, "How are YOU feeling?" That is what they really want, so then they will tell you for a very long time how many pains they have and what they tried and how those didn't work. This will bring them more emotional food for their forever-starving psyches. Then they are encouraged to continue the abuse.

 

Sometimes, you may want to grab them and yell, "Hey, guess what, I have needs for attention too. However, I don't have affairs to get that attention though. I don't need to cheat and lie and steal and manipulate and trick and act, and be inappropriately seductive, to get that attention. I also seek attention but I do it without being a low class faker, and a dishonest sleaze."

 

One of the methods of responding to the hurtful behavior of a narcissist is through revenge. There are many paths to use for that.  Even so, I would first like to see the general reaction from fellow sufferers who have also been tolerating the constant psychological abuse coming from a self absorbed partner, before moving to other stages I wish to illuminate in this dimly lit cave.

 

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The goal of this website is to give support to people who are facing problems in their relationship related to cheating, abuse and narcissism. I am living in Europe and English is not my native language, I wish you will excuse me if I make some grammatical errors. I have a background in neuroscience and behavioral sciences and I am currently doing brain research related to these topics in university in my home country. I decided to write in English because I wish to reach as many people as I can around the world. 

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Dear Friend, 

 

Thank you for your email. You write well and right to the point about these difficult issues. I would be happy to read more of your views regarding these matters. Dear Visitor, please leave your comment regarding the above article. What do you think about the points the writer is making? Do you agree or disagree with her regarding the true nature of a narcissist? Do you have personal experience that can verify what she is stating in her article? Please write your comments and thoughts by using "comments" section below. You do not have to be logged in to leave your comment, just write your thoughts, enter the security code and you are done. Thank you for your feedback!

 

- Maria 

 

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Comments (14)
  • Anonymous
    I agree with the writer. A narcissist is self-centered creature beyond any comprehension. There is no way to get through to a narcissist, they simply cannot put themselves into the shoes of another person. Completely lacking empathy. To conclude, hopeless cases.
  • aki
    I dated N for 2 years, he was exactly like that. Everything fits. Except he did not complain about illnesses, he was a sport-junkie. Otherwise your article describes the guy's personality amazingly well. I am grateful he is now out of my life.
  • Sara  - OMG!!
    My narc is a total sports junkie...football..he will watch it all day all night...its even on when he is asleep. The only time i ever get to watch the tv I freaking bought is when he is at work on the weekend..he works nights ....i have no control over anything..not him so swhen i get mad the only thing that is mine in the house i try to take from him...ill hide remotes or unplug wires just to get myself into a physical altercation......I need help..i don't know what to do...i do but i cant get myself to finally do it...i know that everything is not my fault and that im not manic...im not bipolar...im educated and smart and successful..why do i do this to myself
  • curious
    This was an interesting article. I am curious to hear how you would revenge a narcissist... I would love to get some tips! Looking forward to read more :)
  • recovering...
    I would also like to know how it is possible to revenge a narcissist...
  • xx
    thanks for your article. Do you think it is possible to make N feel the same pain he has caused others?
  • freebird
    All of what you said is true to the narcissist. Especially the point that they are the opposite of what they appear to be. Even though I am only a few months into my understanding of my husband being one of them, I can see the opposite parts of everything he did and said.

    In my case, though, he morphed what I would say about him, into something he would say about me. In the end, it was opposites, but in a more convoluted way. He believed I felt as he did, so he attributed his feelings to me. He pretended to feel as I did, but felt nothing of the kind.

    For example, if I said "you are distorting my words", in our next argument, he would say the same thing to me. It was utter nonsense, but he would say it as if it were the truth of the century. Because I had said it to him.

    It was almost as mimicry. I read that N's have no feelings of their own. I think I realize now that they have to "find" them to fake them. They just take yours. It makes sense. If I am having a feeling, and I express that feeling, and he has none, then how expedient to just take mine as his own! (He did it often, though for years I never saw it.) Even if I thought to myself, "wow, didn't I just say that?", I didn't put 2 and 2 together. Instead, I became confused. I doubted what I had said, wondering if I wasn't taking HIS words as my own! I said them, I knew I said them, but because I knew I would never take anyone else's words as my own; and now he's said them, as if they were his so I wondered if I hadn't somehow confused my own feelings with his! I couldn't believe HE would take my feelings as his own, so I had no choice but to believe I was the one who did! But he did exactly that. He stole my words and my feelings and pretended they were his.

    The opposite in a convoluted way. He is the opposite of me. But he took who I am and pretended to be me when in reality he was the opposite of me. But he knew who I was was more socially acceptable, so he became me, my thoughts, my words.

    Freebird
  • chris
    I can feel your frustration, pain and anger.
    Your description is spot on! and it expresses very clearly my own experiences of a Disordered person. These people surround themselves with walls. They are castle builders not bridge builders. They are the weavers of lies as heroic explanations and it is true that trying to reason with this kind of person is like spitting in the ocean. Only the addict who recognises the addiction and is actively doing something about this profound problem can be trusted. Is there such a person as a "recovering narcissist"? :D
  • chris  - Revenge
    Having read the other messages here I have this to say. Revenge?! No! The journey of those who wish to recover completely from their experiences of abuse suffered at the hands of the disordered must have compassion and forgiveness as the destination point. The Narcissist is, apart from being an addict, caught up in a vicious circle, not unlike revenge, that is to say a vortice of self-destruction. Do not feed this fire. Take your positive life-affirming energies and direct them towards life.
  • Christine  - Abuse of the N's around me
    I was with N for near a year. He contacted me through a single web site. I broke all my own rules: "didn't drive across the city" didn't have dinner with them" but with this one I did... He was older than my ex husband, who was nine years younger than me. So me going out and meeting a man of 65 was not like me.. I had dinner with him three times. He was interesting, he didn't get drunk and be an ass like my ex, he knew how to behave. He invited me out to his house on the island ocean front.

    I didn't see the first sign, the lack of communication while I worked on the road. I met him in July and then went on the road till first week in september. 20-20 vision is great after the fact. I asked him what he was looking for in a woman, he said he wanted a woman who would fit into his life style. He bragged about his job, with Boeing, he bragged about his house. I thought he was being the peacock showing off his feathers to impress me...

    I booked the flight. I told him I was scared and he reassured me that he was a gentleman and if I wasn't happy I could leave and get a flight home anytime I like. He did tell me that in his pool you had to be naked... I thought he was joking till he pulled of my swim were. He took my bag up stairs expecting me to sleep with him. My part of all this was not being strong enough to say no... Good bully.

    Dennis made me feel special. Even though he cooked and we made love many times, I could sense another female energy in the house. I told him I felt it and he put it down to his house cat sitter. He made me feel so special that I moved to be near him. You can't have a long distance relationship and things working. You need to be with each other and learn about each other. Well within three weeks I found there was another lady in his life. We met because I went to the house when she was walking her dog outside. "Great timing". We compared notes and the big difference between us was that she was a drinker, and so was the cat sitter. I'm not, two drinks and I'm done...

    Dennis told me he was going on holiday with a lady friend he had met before me, so he was obligated to go... Next excuses were "I have to re mortgage my house in the states", "I have to go to a friend's 60th birthday", "I have to leave to help her find a house", "I have to help her move in", etc. Then the truth came out.. He had met her in Mexico.. So we are now into 4 women with myself.

    He had me under his control. When I moved to be near him he offered to help me do the renovations, at the same time keeping me segregated from meeting others. He was all I had. He knew this, he had the control. I knew something was wrong. He showed his true colors when the elections in the USA came about. He changed side's when it was won. I wasn't allowed to have an opinion. He would spoil me with food... Again control.

    In all this I have been the one who looks crazy, through his lies and manipulation. All I see around him are sad drunk women who are lonely. I went on the road when he told me to, as this lady was coming from the USA to stay at his house and he didn't want me around. I knew something bad was going to happen if I went and it did. I was broken into... then I found out he had a key made.

    Anyway my point is everything that was stated at the top of this page is so spot on, but the pain the victim is left with is so life changing. All this has made me to connect to my past. I have come to understand I have lived with these types of people nearly all my life... My ex was a misonagynist narcissist, my mother the same thing but female, my half sister... I never connected these things until I met this last narcissistic person in my life. He is the king of them all, I suppose because he has had more time to become an N...

    They know how to turn on the puppy dog eyes, they know how to butter you up... I was warned when I was young to keep away from quiet men... why, it took me 50 years to find out... THEY ARE BUSY THINKING OF WAYS TO MANIPULATE YOU...
  • vicki  - 17yrs of abuse is getting out of hand
    I have been married to my husband for 17yrs, 4 children. First, I will list traits/behavior I have seen in my husband: He is very self concious, always afraid of how he looks to people. Would like to think everyone as his best friend and when he cant reel you in, anger takes over, always afraid someone can hear him if he is talking about someone. He will cheat at any game being played, even monopoly with the family, to avoid the loss. can not handle failure, even if a someone sounds his horn in a car to avoid him from pulling out in a parking lot will set him off for a good 2 hours. He will hang me or anyone to make himself look better. he is very good at portraying himself to others as a great guy, this is his biggest strength. He begins to hate his job or place of employment every few years, especially if his boss acts like a boss not a friend. He will talk behind peoples back, but not to their face, unless it is me or the children, he shows no remorse for his actions. blames everyone else for causing this rage or emotion in him. He requires more attention and admiration then my children all put together, and gets jealous over affection i may give to others. He can talk about any conflicts or anything negative, his temper takes over within minutes, and this is what I hear: He tells me he wishes I would die, he doesnt love me, I make him miserable, I am ugly, nobody likes me, tells me I am crazy, but when he tells me this, he is screaming, his face is beat red, and teeth grinned together, up close, and staring down at me, by the next day, he says i dont mean those things, and wants everything to be like it never happened, until the next time. I recently found out he had a 4 month affair with his exgirlfriend from high school, he says he liked the way she made him feel, always telling him how great he was. When he gets mad at one of the children, he tells them things like i dont need you, i got 3 others. Anything my husband may do that we all do all the time and get over it, he can not, like if he finds out he mispelled a word or something makes his pissed. He is very sexually permiscuous, naughty. It is so unpleasing for me. I live in hell every day. Living should not be this way.
  • anonymous2
    I have just written a comment about my narcissistic husband and his equally narcissistic girlfriend. But I didn't mention that they are BOTH BULLIES!! They attack verbally and, in a couple of instances involving my husband, physically. My husband will NOT talk to me, his mother, brother, cousin, etc...without malice and rancor in his voice. It does not matter what we are asking or telling him; he simply "jumps" on us! His girlfriend(who was at one time a friend of mine!) has to make a person feel "unworthy", especially if someone is able to perform something better than she can. If she is unable to live "up" to someone else's standards of performance, she tries to belittle them or their accomplishments. So, the term you have used perfectly describes a narcissist....bully. They "bully" to get their way and to lessen the importance of other peoples' feelings and accomplishments and to bolster their own sense of ego and entitlement!
  • Julia  - Cheated on
    I recently figured out my N had been cheating on me by having sex with strangers on Craig's list. I put two and two together after I left him. Now I am kicking myself for not realizing or letting myself realize sooner that he has serious mental problems. I think he is a borerline personality also and abusive. People with these personality disorders have no soul or empathy and are not worth getting revenge on they are barly human. Whenever I would confront him with a werid text or email or BRA! he didn't know how it got there(act crazy) and then would get very aggressive with me for being suspecious. It is very true that they act the oppisite of what they are he always said he never lied and was a good guy. More like an abusive, N, they are so pathological in their lies a psycholgist told me even under hypotism some of them still believe their lies. They are not worth putting up with and anyone still in a realtionship with one should GET OUT you are worth more that that!
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