The Nice Guy Narcissist | 14 Traits

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RICHARD GRANNON

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Timestamps:
00:00 | Intro
00:51 | 1. Reputation
00:55 | 2. Kind, charming..
01:06 | 3. Genuinely doing things
01:22 | 4. Dominance
01:41 | 5. If it's not them...
02:05 | 6. Them and Them alone
02:36 | 7. Cold and nasty
02:56 | 8. Public Image
03:13 | 9. Exhausting being around them
04:28 | 10. Communication falls into...
05:14 | 11. Inner Circle
05:36 | 12. Not really nice
06:01 | 13. What you want to hear
06:29 | 14. The mask slips
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Explore the 14 traits that define the 'Nice Guy' Narcissist. Unveil their manipulative facade and learn to recognize and protect yourself from their emotional tactics. Don't miss this eye-opening journey into Narcissistic behavior and their psychological dynamics.
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@MiraculousAngelTarot
@MiraculousAngelTarot 11 ай бұрын
Nr. 15. There's plenty of people who are helping them in every possible way and despite that, they state that they don't have any real friends and family: all of their real friends and family members have died (even when they are alive but stopped providing for them) went abroad, magically disappeared etc. When they tell you this they look and sound so emotionally involved and sincere that suddenly you feel sorrry for them and you start wanting to compensate their immaginary loss.
@sacredlysavvy
@sacredlysavvy 11 ай бұрын
This! This is the one that became most obvious and annoying after awhile. It totally exposes their opportunistic ways.
@RICHARDGRANNON
@RICHARDGRANNON 11 ай бұрын
"Im so alone" 😥
@scorpiolove674
@scorpiolove674 11 ай бұрын
Yes! His grandmother " doesn't understand me , we aren't close at all , I have nobody that cares about me 😢😢😢" turns out she was both emotionally and financially supporting him since his early teen years and called him daily to see if he got her cash gift ...... barf 😅
@pupper5580
@pupper5580 11 ай бұрын
isn't this "ostentatious displays of vulnerability"
@dacksonflux
@dacksonflux 11 ай бұрын
Oh yes, can't forget the emotional sponging they subject their victims to.
@jinodosen879
@jinodosen879 4 ай бұрын
Don't trust niceness. Trust kindness.
@Natalie82170
@Natalie82170 Ай бұрын
They can just as easily pretend to be kind.
@jinodosen879
@jinodosen879 21 күн бұрын
@@Natalie82170 kindness is not transactional, which is how narcissists usually operate. Sure they can fake it but they won't fool someone who can tell the difference.
@Natalie82170
@Natalie82170 21 күн бұрын
@@jinodosen879 very true
@juliau.6332
@juliau.6332 10 күн бұрын
@@jinodosen879they can fake it so well you would be surprised.
@jinodosen879
@jinodosen879 8 күн бұрын
Not good enough
@robfarrell8384
@robfarrell8384 11 ай бұрын
'A cowardly, self-pitying, degenerate child'. Go Richard ! That sums it up for me.
@one_ton_horse
@one_ton_horse 4 ай бұрын
This is me...🤐
@lawrencesutherland264
@lawrencesutherland264 4 ай бұрын
​@@one_ton_horse😂 don't worry. Me too
@one_ton_horse
@one_ton_horse 4 ай бұрын
I'm tryna change tho 🤔
@babesbikesbooze75
@babesbikesbooze75 2 ай бұрын
💯
@myhalowithin
@myhalowithin 11 ай бұрын
conclusion: don't trust yourself in trusting others until the boundaries of trust are fully established.
@ctap37
@ctap37 11 ай бұрын
So true!
@kristihartsock3180
@kristihartsock3180 11 ай бұрын
And you do this by recognizing how your values align ... trust does not exist without shared values.
@diamondonpurpose9145
@diamondonpurpose9145 11 ай бұрын
Both of these comment are spot on.
@DebbieLee-dr3hr
@DebbieLee-dr3hr 11 ай бұрын
What if it is mom?
@kristihartsock3180
@kristihartsock3180 11 ай бұрын
@@DebbieLee-dr3hr do you share values? You can attempt to sort through this with her, but ultimately you will continue to embrace, or you will cut off from that bad behavior, which maybe your relationship for a time. Be prayerful, unreasonable indifference separates many, unfortunately some are family.
@billdavis6978
@billdavis6978 11 ай бұрын
I’ve come to realize that most people have issues. At 44, I’m incredibly skeptical of anyone trying to befriend me. Most cases, they want something from me monetarily, or someone trying to get me to do their work. My life consists of working, relaxing and being grateful for not being on the streets. We are headed for turbulent times. Appreciate the good people in your life. Many Narcissistic people will define their supplies as being narcissistic. I don’t have any desire to play games. Im educated, hardworking, well traveled with good genes. If I die alone one day, it’s because being a people pleaser causes more pain than being alone. Never let so called friends use and abuse you. Learn how to be alone if necessary.
@msliberated3899
@msliberated3899 11 ай бұрын
💯I dream of being alone in a cozy beautiful apartment. Ppl are quite disturbing
@swanam_1
@swanam_1 2 ай бұрын
I'm realizing the same at 29. I've never felt more at peace than when I was a hermit living on my family's farm whilst sober and celibate.
@dacksonflux
@dacksonflux 11 ай бұрын
My favorite are the back-handed, passive aggressive comments that are low key very personal insults meant for only the target's ears.
@carolsummers8734
@carolsummers8734 11 ай бұрын
Mine once told me if I had longer hair he could love me. I was pregnant with our 3rd.
@Harteo3917
@Harteo3917 Ай бұрын
Oh it's all rooted in extreme passive aggressive behavior i learned that before i found these videos a few days ago, it always comes back to that because of how they act like you're constantly a threat to them and the jealousy along with the absolute lack of empathy that comes with passive aggressive behavior. That's why some of them resort to completely delusional harassment and stalking too because they're using this bring you down because they hate they can't be you so they hate you for it and are super jealous.
@tasyahkay
@tasyahkay Ай бұрын
Yesssssss !!! Just met someone who gives me passive aggressive gaslighting .. if you don’t catch it … it will fly over your head 😢💀😵😑🤯🥶. I pray everyone can find true peace and rise above and be delivered from narcissistic people. They’re so many 💕
@pickle9753
@pickle9753 11 ай бұрын
They are wolves in sheep’s clothing.
@paradanmellow
@paradanmellow 4 ай бұрын
Rather degenerate children in wolf's clothing in sheep clothing 😂
@nicholecornes1915
@nicholecornes1915 3 ай бұрын
YES!
@pattiburleigh1366
@pattiburleigh1366 2 ай бұрын
He actually texted that to me once. I thought it was a joke.🤦🏻‍♀️
@orangeorangeness2116
@orangeorangeness2116 11 ай бұрын
I lost my best years to "Nice Guys" they took more from me than I ever got back.
@bad.chickie66
@bad.chickie66 4 күн бұрын
While complaining to them about assholes. Grow up.
@pickle9753
@pickle9753 11 ай бұрын
People that are not pieces of shit, don’t need to go around telling everybody that they’re not pieces of shit. And they don’t need to go around virtue signalling it for anyone either. 🤷🏻‍♀️
@Patricia_Stewart337
@Patricia_Stewart337 11 ай бұрын
My next to the final boyfriend always was saying he had good mental health!!! Not a narc, but deeply troubled.
@demo3456
@demo3456 11 ай бұрын
I just go around saying I'm trash what's that make me?
@pickle9753
@pickle9753 11 ай бұрын
@@demo3456 idk, but I have been saying the same thing about our entire species (give or take a few 😉) for a few years now. 😳🤣🤣 I’ve come to realize, every one is just a trapped child inside who is traumatized in one way or another, is all 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ Unfortunately the ones who do the most damage to our planet and other humans, don’t realize, or are not willing to analyze their own trauma, and instead use it as a steppingstone to “harden their hearts”, use and abuse others, hurting others the way they are hurting. 🤷🏻‍♀️🥲 That movie “split” …I think it was 🤔 that said it best…. “the broken are the evolved”
@coral4874
@coral4874 11 ай бұрын
More like devolving
@Patricia_Stewart337
@Patricia_Stewart337 11 ай бұрын
@@demo3456 seriously? Trying to signal humility? Fishing for refutation of that? Sounds pretty sketchy, bro. Why would you do that!
@lionheartklaric3729
@lionheartklaric3729 11 ай бұрын
my covert narc ex 100% everyone loved him and said he was lovely. at home he ignored anything about me or was rageful and contemptuous. He let me pay for everything and treated me like trash. No one else got to see him as he really was. Just me.
@Hawaiiansky11
@Hawaiiansky11 11 ай бұрын
I'm still kind of psst at 'K's sister for saying, "He's a family man" and for portraying him as a great guy. I think now that she just wanted him out of her house.
@phoenix.maximus
@phoenix.maximus 11 ай бұрын
same experience here, everyone loved him and at home he was entirely someone else. especially when drinking.
@yvonnes7412
@yvonnes7412 11 ай бұрын
Me too! 😭😭😭 Then occasionally they are nice and it makes you feel that love and doubt yourself… but when you remember the horror of their cruelty, it’s like a completely different person and it makes it so crazy…
@user-dy6ue1jw9p
@user-dy6ue1jw9p Ай бұрын
Im worried this is me is there anything to change this?? I just don’t be nasty and abusive bc i try my best to I’m very careful but I have similar tendencies and I’m worried Like I have a thing where I’m very depressed but I am always acting nice to people including close to them and hide everything idk if this makes me a narc ??
@Harteo3917
@Harteo3917 Ай бұрын
"he let me pay for everything" that's the user type he was just using you for your money and whatever you're worth, i've heard a story about someone's experiences with narcissistic individuals and some of them will try to mooch off you big time because of their own over excessive spending habits constantly living above their means.
@ejw72
@ejw72 11 ай бұрын
Thank you! This is still a poorly understood aspect of narcissism. A lot of people think narcissists always present as grandiose and degrading to others, but that is not true at all. I have dealt with "nice" narcissists both in my personal and professional life and they are really exhausting!
@Hawaiiansky11
@Hawaiiansky11 11 ай бұрын
I did learn a lesson from the "Nice" narcissist: I learned that people who are "Happy All The Time" are fakes, frauds, phonies and quite likely psychopaths.
@e.r.4447
@e.r.4447 11 ай бұрын
I agree with you. 100%of the narcissists I have encountered looked all nice in public, the saddest part being those of my family. If somebody knew what they have done to their husband, wife , mother or nephew…
@Cantunknowwhatyouknow
@Cantunknowwhatyouknow 11 ай бұрын
@@Hawaiiansky11love this. Great summary to the toxic positivity they can portray..
@debracopen3119
@debracopen3119 11 ай бұрын
Exhausting sums it all up. That’s what narcissist are thank you for putting thought out there.
@angelbaby8794
@angelbaby8794 11 ай бұрын
I dealt with one before and because I study psychology on my free time I would get her good every time 😂😂😂😂
@Murph709
@Murph709 11 ай бұрын
Inevitably the mask slips off, and you see the real person underneath. My nice covert ex let it slip a couple of times, I thought she was just upset and lashing out, as we all do from time to time (she was deliberatley cruel though, not just typical expletive rants, but deeply insulting comments made to evoke shame and guilt). After 10 years together, the patterns became apparent. I could predict an abusive episode coming on from a single text message, or from the measure of her gait. The room would change, they way a brewing storm changes the atmosphere, and you would know, "something is coming". But the most recent episode was so beyond the pale it fundamentally changed me as a person. Rather than engage, defend myself, or argue back, I just let her rant (which she happily did for hours, btw!), smiling inside knowing that that was the last time she would do that to me. When you finally realize you are staring into an abyss of cruelty and selfishness, it can be quite liberating. March 18, 2023 was the day I took my power back.
@Cantunknowwhatyouknow
@Cantunknowwhatyouknow 11 ай бұрын
Good for you. 2nd Dec 2022, I took mine. Evidence of false promises and fake future came to the fore once again then when he was called out, he got physically aggressive. Charming people they are... lol
@DebbieLee-dr3hr
@DebbieLee-dr3hr 11 ай бұрын
You go man! Free at last,free at last.
@maxinehurley8824
@maxinehurley8824 11 ай бұрын
Go you👏12/10/21 me. All the best for the future👍
@Murph709
@Murph709 11 ай бұрын
@@Cantunknowwhatyouknow Married to a woman, I had to deal with verbal and psychological abuse (and occasional threats of property destruction). I can only imagine the pain and fear you must have endured with adding the threat of violence on top of that. It must be so much harder for women to get away from male narcs. Congrats on getting out!
@quietowl1246
@quietowl1246 11 ай бұрын
Congratulations you’ve got a fresh start with added wisdom 👍
@tamich1047
@tamich1047 11 ай бұрын
Mindblown🤯 this is the exact man I walked away from 2 weeks ago. Haven't heard him defined so well and to the point. Thought I was loosing my mind about who he really was and lost 3 years dealing with him, but avoided a lifetime of pain, and for that I am grateful and blessed.
@Wishpool
@Wishpool 11 ай бұрын
You just described my ex-narc to a T. He's a well-known musician in his genre and everyone adores him! He's very nice & personable, kind & giving, funny & charming. He seemed so honest & genuine in the beginning... until I really got to know him and the mask started to slip. He has so many people fooled about his true self.
@user-os5xj7ce4k
@user-os5xj7ce4k 3 ай бұрын
Had this happen as well. Muscian. You will get blackballed in the scene
@e.r.4447
@e.r.4447 11 ай бұрын
There is also one trait : when you sense that somebody thinks you are stupid, or just because they said something you must just obey without asking questions and proof. And you just have this feeling something is being hidden to you here. You don’t know what it is, but you just know. This is where the modality of focusing can really help because that wisdom comes from our body. Even when someone looks nice and calm, focusing on your body will give you the insight you need to stay in the relationship or quit. .
@TheLiquidCat
@TheLiquidCat 11 ай бұрын
You're so right. And I feel like in today's world we're encouraged to ignore our body's responses to situations.
@lisarainbow9703
@lisarainbow9703 11 ай бұрын
​@@TheLiquidCatthere's a really good book that addresses learning to tune into our intuition, called, "The Gift of Fear". It's written by Gavin deBecker, a former FBI profiler, and it's full of insights, as well as strategies for dealing with people who ping our radar. You can read it for free online in PDF format.
@physicianskitchen
@physicianskitchen 11 ай бұрын
I agree- that sounds like contempt and not tolerating disagreement which reeks of narcissism
@volkswagenation
@volkswagenation 10 ай бұрын
I think this is how the narcissist causes cognitive dissonance in the person they are abusing. This will make the abused question their reality and perception and beliefs of what is really real.
@e.r.4447
@e.r.4447 10 ай бұрын
​@@TheLiquidCat So true, a kinesthetic intelligence we were all born with.
@nenirouvelliv
@nenirouvelliv 8 ай бұрын
"A cowardly, degenerate, self-pitying child." No-one has quite nailed my core personality to such an accurate degree.
@deborahkish5411
@deborahkish5411 11 ай бұрын
My ex-husband was so charming to everyone. He told everyone that my children and I were the problem. During our divorce he went to every store and business and told people I was a meth addict. I couldn't figure out why these people were so rude to me. Finally an employee told me what he was saying. I couldn't believe the lies and I have never done drug's. He's a pathological liar.
@gaia7240
@gaia7240 11 ай бұрын
Wow I mean one thing is being narcissistic, but this is beyond
@boopdoop2251
@boopdoop2251 11 ай бұрын
The smear campaign is a classic narcissist thing to do.
@mercyz6252
@mercyz6252 11 ай бұрын
They are evils, our brain can not even process their lies
@naowright9308
@naowright9308 9 ай бұрын
Yes, smear campaigns are real, and they hurt! I am so sorry you have had to go through that.
@jesuschristisking2877
@jesuschristisking2877 8 ай бұрын
They usually are pathological liars.
@TheVaultwest
@TheVaultwest 8 ай бұрын
I feel like i learned how to manipulate my “nice guy” narcissist. I knew instinctively to turn the convo back to him and his stuff. I ended up with a sense of guilt for my manipulation of him, just to keep him on board. Relationship with a narcissist truly is mind bending.
@PerfectPetProductions
@PerfectPetProductions 11 ай бұрын
This is what all narcissists are like. Covert and evil behind doors.
@PerfectPetProductions
@PerfectPetProductions 11 ай бұрын
@@madmantravels9217 of course not. I'm not a narcissist or psychopathic asshole though
@Chelzebelles
@Chelzebelles 11 ай бұрын
That is not true, at all... Plenty of Narcissists are overt & tell you who they are right away.
@PerfectPetProductions
@PerfectPetProductions 11 ай бұрын
@@Chelzebelles they are probably psychopaths
@Chelzebelles
@Chelzebelles 11 ай бұрын
@@PerfectPetProductions Methinks you must be young & new to these types. Dig deeper, & do not forget to look in the mirror 💜
@PerfectPetProductions
@PerfectPetProductions 11 ай бұрын
@Chelzebelles I'm 40 and I know enough and always try to be self aware.
@katherinestanton3740
@katherinestanton3740 10 ай бұрын
My son's dad. Leaving 6 years ago was the most difficult thing I ever did. This is a very interesting type of narcissist and I have always marveled at his alchemy in getting the people around him to love and adore him. EVEN if they witness his mask slip, they inevitably and almost immediately forget it ever happened. It is highly educational to have watched this in action over the years. 🎉
@NikkiGRocks4Ever
@NikkiGRocks4Ever 11 ай бұрын
Richard, you have described one of the pastors at my church perfectly. The more videos of narcissism I watched, the more I suspected he was a narcissist. Then one day the mask slipped he deliberately said something meant to inflict guilt and shame. Then I knew he was one. I change my situation to avoid him. I tried to tell my friend to warn her. She downplayed what I told her. Some people have to learn the hard way.
@seth747
@seth747 11 ай бұрын
I’m also recognizing these traits in former religious leaders I’ve had...I was left with scars from my encounters with them. But I had no idea that it wasn’t my fault.
@uyouhaveyou
@uyouhaveyou 11 ай бұрын
I was in a recovery group with others who had been in bad relationships and there was a woman came to one of the sessions who was married to a religious leader who sounded.. well, the classic narcissist. I didn't even know about narcissism then, but her story stuck with me. And of course, people don't want to believe. When i was 18 i worked on a farm in France. There were two of us young women there, we worked alternate shifts herding and milking goats. The farmer, a 60+ year old man with a wife and family of 4, started to come onto me - very notably so. I shared my experience initially with the other girl and she could not believe it and had a completely different relationship with the family. It began his with asking me questions about my family and then appearing in my room once lying on my bed next to me if i was resting in the day then trying to kiss me in the kitchen. I was deeply not wanting this growing attention and asked to leave on the pretext a family member was unwell. I said he could find a replacement first but he put me on a bus the next day.
@Latoree33
@Latoree33 11 ай бұрын
I think those narcissist are called Altruistic Narcissist. I had an Uncle who raised me and he was the head of a church helping people, but he molested me along with a priest my cousin. He acted different at home than out in public like the church the school and at work.
@TorahisthetruthPsalms
@TorahisthetruthPsalms 11 ай бұрын
New Testament belief is a narcissist religion. They get to cast their sin / actions onto a innocent.
@williamtiffee3799
@williamtiffee3799 11 ай бұрын
The "altruistic narcissist." (From influencers, and self- help gurus... to nonprofits, political action and cults, to state sanctioned, religions...) These two- faced 'perps,' are everywhere. And my mother's father and grandfather, were episcopal (= Anglican, in the UK, etc.) bishops.
@zurichsee706
@zurichsee706 3 ай бұрын
The WORST bosses ever are this kind. They show them very human and close, like friends, but they have two faces: the one that show to you and the one they show to his manager, CEO. Be sure that he is going to use you for his objectives but it will take you long to notice his strategy.
@youwannaknowwhatweknow
@youwannaknowwhatweknow 11 ай бұрын
Pure exhaustion. Complete withdrawal is the only survival technique.
@schoolofknowing
@schoolofknowing 9 ай бұрын
PERFECTION. I was with a nice guy narcissist. Every one of these traits is correct.
@Hchristine
@Hchristine 11 ай бұрын
This is spot on for my soon-to-be ex husband of 17 years. I had a year of confusion when his behavior got even worse, until finally all the deceit was revealed. Now we’re separated but at least I see the light. Trouble is people involved in our divorce find him so damn likable. He can win over anyone without trying. This worries me greatly.
@caroleminke6116
@caroleminke6116 11 ай бұрын
I understand but it’s survivable & the truth eventually will come out as you take the high road while he’s self destructing ❤
@carolsummers8734
@carolsummers8734 11 ай бұрын
Eventually people do see the facade is only a facade. I have had friends ask me if he is really what he pretends to be. And my answer is no he is not that charming guy in reality.
@plenaryverbalist
@plenaryverbalist 11 ай бұрын
Worry if you want. Won’t change a damn thing. The adulterous whore I wasted 15 years on is superficially charming, controlling, manipulative and has the advantage of feminist entitlement in family court. Fuck around on your husband? Refuse to get a job? No problem! You still get the kids and 55% of his income for five years, then refuse to care for the kids and have the state ignore your neglect and abuse because everyone knows how hard it is to be a poor, sainted “single mother.” Often, you’re a single mother because you were a shitty wife. I wish the courts understood that.
@nenirouvelliv
@nenirouvelliv 8 ай бұрын
I'd reckon that's pretty much everyone's ex-husband.
@aaaa1953
@aaaa1953 11 ай бұрын
I had a lady boss who was so so kind and complementing, almost killed me emotionally, the sweet kindness turned into scathing critcisms then victimhood and demon stares, really scary stuff.
@EugeniaPortobello
@EugeniaPortobello 11 ай бұрын
this is why I tend to distrust when someone gives me compliments, I'm doubting whether they are a narcissist or not.
@Harteo3917
@Harteo3917 Ай бұрын
Love bombing, sweetness, then the demon shows once they've "helped you" with enough they can whack you over the head with and claim or act like you owe them for. We owe them nothing but they'll try to make you owe them for life.
@lady.leo12
@lady.leo12 5 ай бұрын
Omg thank you for this video!!! Three months after I walked away from unhealthy relationship with a toxic ex, he was posting online about how happy he was with the new gf. The posts made me question my sanity. I thought I was the problem bc everyone would say what a "nice guy" he was. But he wasn't! In private, he would tell me how his mom didn't like me, how my weird my family was because he didn't hug each other, he would sabotage our dates toward the end of the night and make it seem like it was my fault, etc etc. I seriously thought I was going crazy! While doing research, I discovered he was a covert narcissist and this video nailed EVERY single trait he has and things he did. Thank you so much! I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulder.
@brandywillis3998
@brandywillis3998 11 ай бұрын
They are also jealous of any love attention you pay to others including their own children with you. This was very helpful for me to understand the dynamic with my ex and to understand why I stayed with an abusive (nicest guy in the world) for a couple of decades. So happy to be out of that dynamic.
@tundeterez
@tundeterez 11 ай бұрын
You are so right, they also hurt the ones you love just to know it makes you suffer.
@iona.1footinfront840
@iona.1footinfront840 11 ай бұрын
My father was like that too - jealous of his own children - so I never had a bond with my own mother 😕
@carolsummers8734
@carolsummers8734 11 ай бұрын
My narc husband once told me that he couldn't believe I put the kids before him. This was when both were preschoolers and had severe chicken pox with high fevers and he wanted to go to a party and I refused to get a baby sitter.
@laurie500
@laurie500 2 ай бұрын
@@carolsummers8734 Same here... amazing isn't it? Unbelievable.
@Harteo3917
@Harteo3917 Ай бұрын
The jealousy is the most apparent out of anything but they're imagining things.
@bigladybigfeet9728
@bigladybigfeet9728 11 ай бұрын
My ex talked at me so much I can’t bear to get in conversation with anyone now. It really turned me off humans. Single 7 years
@bad.chickie66
@bad.chickie66 4 күн бұрын
Sad for you
@allieaudio9965
@allieaudio9965 11 ай бұрын
A few years ago I met a person whom I really liked. She seemed like a great person and as I was her client I felt awkward about crossing the boundary and keeping in touch with her. I would have really liked her as a friend. But we didn't keep in touch. Fast forward a few years (and I spent most of those years being abused by narcissists and finding out a lot about myself as well)I meet this person again. What I see is completely different from what I remember. This person has NPD written all over them. In constant need of validation, admiration and attention, loud, obnoxious, self -centered while presenting themselves as a philanthropist and righteous savior...Now I see that at least those abusive relationships have taught me something.
@uhnborhn5032
@uhnborhn5032 11 ай бұрын
Its possible they developed more of these behaviors from hardship during those years you didn't see her. I had a really good high school friend who got married and his wife started trashing him a lot. Eventually he became more aggressive and combative with me because of pent uo frustration with her. Had to break it off, very sad to see him change like that.
@allieaudio9965
@allieaudio9965 11 ай бұрын
@@uhnborhn5032 thank you for expressing your opinion but I am pretty sure it's me. My view was distorted. She did not change. Her behaviour was the same as before but now I look at it differently.
@sandrashane677
@sandrashane677 11 ай бұрын
​@@allieaudio9965Hindsight is 2020
@iona.1footinfront840
@iona.1footinfront840 11 ай бұрын
Oh yes - the “righteous” saviour ! Saw that one with my ex mother-in-Law !
@EugeniaPortobello
@EugeniaPortobello 11 ай бұрын
yes, yes and yes, I have had the same type of experience more the once, it's like being narcissist blind until it became very obvious in some cases.
@Richard-xv1xu
@Richard-xv1xu 10 ай бұрын
The more I watch these videos the more I think pretty much everyone’s got some narcissistic traits.
@christipton1075
@christipton1075 11 ай бұрын
Spot on. I had known it as the communal narcissist. Went down exactly as described. They’re like the bully who finally gets popped (your boundaries and distancing), but then falls down and cries in front of the teacher in agony. So you’re the one who gets in trouble, not them. The amount of things they tried to guilt trip me with and say I was hurting them with, none of them were valid or even real. Truly bizarre!
@naowright9308
@naowright9308 9 ай бұрын
And when you think about it the accusations were probably all things that they had done or said to you.
@Harteo3917
@Harteo3917 Ай бұрын
Because they truly believe everyone around is doing something to them all the time but more so to the people that form an attachment to them, this really needs to be considered a more minor form of schizophrenia because their thoughts and perceptions are too delusional to be real.
@TheRoyalFlush
@TheRoyalFlush 11 ай бұрын
This is an important vid because it gives a glimpse at how these types lure people into their orbit - typically through giving. Its similar to loansharking - you give an enticing offer that cant be retributed which then serves as a way to control the other parties. Some of the most prominent crime syndicate people I've met have all been extremely giving, especially at first "hey, buy yourself lunch" and slips you 100 dollars. These types of techniques are almost fundamental and very powerful.
@sandrashane677
@sandrashane677 11 ай бұрын
My ex did that with coke
@jordanferguson2254
@jordanferguson2254 8 ай бұрын
This is a really important one because it's so hidden and people are so easily fooled by things that look good; the seemingly "good" neighbor, the charming boss, the well liked teacher, the family man, the selfless religious scholar and so on. Thank you for putting it out 👍 Also appreciate that you're a balanced person; not to bring gender into this, and maybe it also has to do with my past, but it's nice to see unbiased, moral men in a time where people seem so polarised. I know too many angry/hateful ones who refuse to look in the mirror, see any fault in their behaviour and be critical thinkers. They think they're better and above judgement.
@rontennis6569
@rontennis6569 10 ай бұрын
This is my uncle you're talking about- The bastard has been in my life since I was 3-4 years old, I'm 34 now. I started distancing myself from him about 18 months ago, I just got a feeling that he was bad for me...a lot has been coming up in me about him the past few months, I've been furious. Now I know why. Thank you so much for these videos my friend, you are saving lives.
@sharonfuszard8861
@sharonfuszard8861 11 ай бұрын
This analysis is actually frightening. It describes with precision, the dynamic I have both observed and been subjected to.
@LynnsYouTube
@LynnsYouTube 11 ай бұрын
This is so true. I would add 15. They INTERRUPT a lot in conversation because they really don't care what you have to say. They are all about 2 things: 16. FUEL for their ego - Glorify ME! (in various different ways) and 17. CONTROL.
@thisgirl5933
@thisgirl5933 11 ай бұрын
My ex made interrupting into a sick art form. It was psychological torture when I was hoping to communicate meaningfully to resolve something.
@LynnsYouTube
@LynnsYouTube 11 ай бұрын
@@thisgirl5933 My heart goes out to you. I'm so sorry you had to go through that.
@glendacollins2898
@glendacollins2898 11 ай бұрын
Nailed it for me. Finally. The closest I’ve heard you or anyone else describe the character I was married to for more than 20 years . For 18months I was obsessed with finding answers after I kicked him out. It is extremely confusing and confounding. I’ve been out since Fall of 2017 and very happily remarried to a an actual good man who has experienced multiple other types of narcissists in his own life. I was a mental health professional who understood how Personality Disorders were formed in early childhood but was taught nothing of how it plays out in adult relationships. This person or “type” is so psychologically dangerous and damaging I had to go completely no contact forever and have refused to hear any information about him from others. Healed now. But I did the strange and difficult work. To anyone who resonates with this. Get Out Now. Forget what others think or say. Thanks so much Richard❤.
@yvonnes7412
@yvonnes7412 11 ай бұрын
Thank you… going through a divorce but then he was nice to me to end things on a nice note and it just made all the sadness and grief and love come flooding back. They are like a hurricane- sometimes you get to the center of the storm and feel the warmth of the sun but then you see the other side of the storm coming and the fear returns… it is so confusing…
@glendacollins2898
@glendacollins2898 10 ай бұрын
Yes, exactly - ( find a song by Monday Smith, "Hurricane) After Hurricane Harvey I went to the beach in early November 2017....I thought this is like my life! Because behind me facing the water were massive bulldozed piles of rubble and in front of me was the most beautiful beach I'd ever seen poor every would.... it was completely clean and the sand was unblemished of even a footstep - blue skies as far as i could see and only the gulls and my dog for company....that became a metaphor for my recovery. There's always an "after". May yours be blessed with deep breaths, peace and an internal smile.@@yvonnes7412
@faddamplus
@faddamplus 11 ай бұрын
This perfectly sums up my colleague at work. It's alarming how quickly she turns on the charm. Also, the way she carefully manages her own image. Underneath the surface, however, it's all pure rage and spite.
@stuartlincoln4943
@stuartlincoln4943 11 ай бұрын
It can’t last forever - her mask will slip eventually. It must be so draining and exhausting to have to pretend the whole time
@shanehendricksom8404
@shanehendricksom8404 11 ай бұрын
Mine was a nice one. She also was very aggressive. When we were alone . This didn't surface for many years. We worked different schedules for years because child care is expensive. Kids were older so i changed shifts for a great promotion. That's when everything came to light. Holy crap she was a peace of work.
@mary.rosette.lifecoach
@mary.rosette.lifecoach 11 ай бұрын
Thanks Richard. Those nice narcissists are hardest one to recognize. It took me 7 years to recognize true face of one “nice” narcissist and it took more than 20 years for others to see his true face. But with all narcissists I learned as soon as you stop doing whatever they were gaining from you, they will disappear themselves from your life.
@Tr1klops
@Tr1klops 11 ай бұрын
I have BPD and definitely have had some of these narcissistic traits (still not perfect of course). This video is fantastic not only for people wanting to avoid relationships with these individuals, but for people who do have some of these traits and have come to a point in their lives where they're open enough to accept that they do. I can honestly say in my past that despite operating in some of the ways described here, I was never really conscious of it (and defensive if anyone hit me up over it). Over the years of self discovery I've come to understand what traits of those I had, the most likely reasons for them at least in my own situation, and through a genuine desire to be a better person and not hurt those I care about, significantly turned my personal relationships around including my romantic one.
@blondechannel
@blondechannel 10 ай бұрын
I'm impressed. Good luck on your journey.
@florintanase-vo6mv
@florintanase-vo6mv 7 ай бұрын
I'm in the same boat😢.... Been single for 12 years because of that. Also I am a contra dependent, CPTSD and with a fearful avoidant attachment style. I was pulling people in and then pushing them away... I've made progress on my own but ... Can't live by myself for the rest of my life...
@one_ton_horse
@one_ton_horse 4 ай бұрын
This is me to a t, and I want to repent after hurting a girl I thought I loved, what do I do? Please help
@sallak6483
@sallak6483 3 ай бұрын
Yeah. Being open about something you are not particularly proud of is a crucial step . No need to tell everyone, but you need to be honest to yourself, and call yourself out when you realize you are repeating these patterns. Also cptsd caused by survival with manipulative and abusive parents with zero emotional regulation which taught me to be their emotional regulation by manipulation... I am capable of empathy and remorse, but I learned very unhealthy patterns, undoing which takes a lot of effort. Good luck on your journey.
@isthatyoursomnomnom
@isthatyoursomnomnom 11 ай бұрын
I started catching on to my bullshht about 8 years ago. I've, since, voluntarily removed myself from people's lives. I am the poison ingredient in anyone's life and I feel I'm doing to right thing by keeping to myself.
@Thomas...191
@Thomas...191 11 ай бұрын
Sometimes i get a deep fear of a narcissism within myself. This type of thing helps put those fears at bay.
@triple999fruitful
@triple999fruitful 11 ай бұрын
They have a lot to hide.
@user-iu3wp6gj2l
@user-iu3wp6gj2l 11 ай бұрын
Most of the traits fit my sometimes husband very well. I have wondered recently if he was a narcissist. It didnt quite fit because often he would want to help others. Yet it seemed to be more about how great he was. Yes he has empathy but only when it suits. The rages, the talking over people, the constant needing to be seen to be great. Always talking about how good he is. I thought it was maybe just male ego. But listening to your 14, they all seemed to fit. He is so exhausting. Life is all about him. Always him. And if I disagree or say no to something...the temper is dramatic. So I tip toe through life. We have children together and property. He comes and goes. Thankfully he has work that takes him away for long timeframes. I dont miss him when he is gone. Perhaps one day I will find the strength to cut ties.
@jenster29
@jenster29 6 ай бұрын
Wow...I was reading this and had to make sure it wasn't a comment I had made in the past. It's eerily similar to my situation but without the travelling for work... how I wish ha. It's new years eve tomorrow and I am planning on turning the office into another bedroom as my new start. Knowing he will likely refuse to move into it, so I will. He doesn't suspect I am onto him just blames my hormones. Recently discovered I'm in perimenopause so of course.. all of his behaviour is my fault.😐 20 years, kids and a home.. I can't just leave like so many others have in this situation. I still have time to serve ... tick tock
@chrissyt_artist1960
@chrissyt_artist1960 11 ай бұрын
You have just PERFECTLY described a "friend" of mine (who no longer speaks to me since I called him out - boo hoo - not.)
@nmHispana
@nmHispana 11 ай бұрын
I've always been so grateful to this community, because it proves I'm not alone and that these toxic creatures with their insidious behavior is very much a reality.
@hibbertsh
@hibbertsh 11 ай бұрын
It makes you want to shout out from the roof top, warning good people to steer clear of the toxic creature that they really are... to save them from them from a nauseating experience and the true coward you finally expose them as being.
@Hawaiiansky11
@Hawaiiansky11 11 ай бұрын
I wish high schools would have classes on healthy v. unhealthy relationships. I say high school, because elementary children are trapped and the law is on their parents' side, plus many of them would not be able to handle playing fake to survive until they could get out. Junior high is fraught with all sorts of stressors, so it could be difficult there to distinguish between being abused and stressing out over trivial things like a date rejection or acne. In high school, a teen can begin to see "the light at the end of the tunnel" and plan an escape, if need be. They could have driver's licenses, a job and maybe a vehicle by then so that they could spend time away from a chaotic home environment. They are likely dating by then and if they grew up in families like mine, they will learn about love, dating the opposite and their own sex in ways that are completely upside down and backwards. I was dating a guy I was basically forced to date (to make another guy leave me alone - long story - my mother hated 'G' so set me up with 'D' and manipulated us all)...after a year, he was pressuring me for sex, so I said I was going to break up with him. He stole something of mine and when I went back over to get it, he threatened me with a gun and also with his suicide if I broke up with him. This was my senior year in high school and I had been conditioned to people-please, so I stayed with him and tolerated his advances. Only when a teacher in Family Sciences told us about healthy and unhealthy relationships, did I realize that I had permission to break up with him after his threats.
@benhagstrom2185
@benhagstrom2185 11 ай бұрын
#5 had me stressing until #6 came along. I get tired of conversations quickly and have a hard time feigning interest.
@peggyseligman9607
@peggyseligman9607 11 ай бұрын
#7. Challenged him, he was cruel and nasty and then ghosted me. I am working hard toward my new life, and I want to thank you for these incredible videos. You have made a difference in my world.
@biancavonmuhlendorf2608
@biancavonmuhlendorf2608 8 ай бұрын
The " cold and nasty part" is harsh in family-relations, like a cold heart below the social facade.
@badseyborbon2493
@badseyborbon2493 11 ай бұрын
I had a friend who worked very closely with Russell brand for about 6 months and this sums him up absolutely perfectly.
@cultivatemagic6240
@cultivatemagic6240 10 ай бұрын
Really? So it’s all a big act he puts on? That’s sad
@JonasAnandaKristiansson
@JonasAnandaKristiansson 8 ай бұрын
Don't take this speck of information and have it become "your opinion". See and know things for yourself
@Harteo3917
@Harteo3917 Ай бұрын
​@@cultivatemagic6240 I think all it takes is looking at his videos and all the insane things he talks about then the wide eyes to see it, i've never liked that guy.
@pkaboo7832
@pkaboo7832 11 ай бұрын
You just absolutely perfectly described my mother! And when it's a parent-child relationship, imo, when number 14 Hits and The mask slips? In my experience, in the parent-child relationship, the person develops a resentment towards you and it's back to tip toeing on eggshells until someone else comes along that can draw their attention. At which point as the 'personal assistant' what you do is kind of fade into the background until they're ready to discard their latest. (I jokingly referred to myself as my mother's Igor) I absolutely adore this one!
@Hawaiiansky11
@Hawaiiansky11 11 ай бұрын
My mother (malignant narc) said to me after I had my first child, "She's not like a doll, is she?" I replied, "I...wasn't thinking she would be." I never played with baby dolls when I was a child. It occurs to me now looking back at my upbringing, that my mother's expectation for her daughters was that we were supposed to be "dolls" for her to dress up, play with, leave behind when she got bored, spank and yell at for entertainment, then stick back on a shelf until she got bored again. I became the Scapegoat because I had and have a strong will, but my sister went the opposite direction and became her enmeshed minion, abusing me and monitoring my every move for the slightest mistake in the mother figure's stead. I used to call them Queenie and Princess.
@sassyslsgrl
@sassyslsgrl 11 ай бұрын
My mom too! The older she got the meaner she got but still only those closest to her saw it and the funeral was a room full of people describing a saint and judging tf out of me for God knows what she'd told them
@waguda1975
@waguda1975 7 ай бұрын
Know thyself and protect your light at all cost ❤.
@cherriesinthesnow
@cherriesinthesnow 11 ай бұрын
Excellent! Very brilliant how you explained cognitive dissonance is like having 2 hard drives and the clash between the two creates the trauma bond 🌻
@oliviacruscov943
@oliviacruscov943 11 ай бұрын
I lived with this guy you're describing for 12 years.... The escaping was the most terrifying thing I have experienced in my entire life. That's when he really couldn't keep even the tiniest facade anymore. Until then, as typical, I was still wondering if it wasn't me that was the problem after all, but boy did he manage to play 12 years of movies in just a few months. It was like an exorcism... 7 months later as I write this, he tried breaking my Facebook account countless times, he's a "widower" on his profile (lol) and the vibes I'm still feeling are quite terrible. It's a long road recovering from such an experience...
@caroleminke6116
@caroleminke6116 11 ай бұрын
I understand that terrible relationship but it’s not personal just inherent to them & you will come out the other side one day with both strength & gratitude reinforced one hundredfold ❤
@glendacollins2898
@glendacollins2898 11 ай бұрын
Hang in there. You are not alone. We, here,do understand so well.
@phoenix.maximus
@phoenix.maximus 11 ай бұрын
sounds like we had the same experience. only mine clogged the drains full of cigarette butts, filled my soap dispenser with urine, and lit fireworks off in the house before he finally got the last of his stuff out.
@angelabrodie6262
@angelabrodie6262 11 ай бұрын
I feel your pain. I was married for 25 years. It was so hard to break away - everyone was telling me what a great man he was. They thought I was the problem.
@oliviacruscov943
@oliviacruscov943 11 ай бұрын
@@angelabrodie6262 it's heartbreaking when even your own family is incapable of taking your word for granted...
@papillonmjb
@papillonmjb 11 ай бұрын
I was doing so good with my emotional flashbacks. Then my father pulled some bs this past week and it was so bad I had a blood pressure emergency for which I needed to leave work early and take an emergency pill several times. You just described him so well.
@nancyhjort5348
@nancyhjort5348 11 ай бұрын
The dark side of the narc exposed, is almost like one just inadvertently swallowed their cyanide pill and then your soul is trying to vomit it out as quickly as possible to save yourself. I've quickly gone no contact with these people; they are the Grim Reaper personified.
@gigantopithecushominoidea8779
@gigantopithecushominoidea8779 11 ай бұрын
You can't respond to bad behavior, you can't see you're a target? You're going to have a bad time.
@papillonmjb
@papillonmjb 11 ай бұрын
@@gigantopithecushominoidea8779 I am an only child of a narc military man. I know full well who all the targets are. He is my father. Blood is thicker than water and all that. I've been told a zillion times to go no contact. Thanks for your input. :)
@gaia7240
@gaia7240 11 ай бұрын
Man you really need a pause from him, I mean like a vacancy, not seeing him for a while, and I say this in the nicest way possible
@laurieduncan6096
@laurieduncan6096 11 ай бұрын
My ex (thankfully), to a T. 5.5 years free ☺️ I know I’ve said it before, but it’s worth repeating…… Richard, your words are so incredibly accurate and that is why these videos help so many, myself included. I have been listening to you since 2017 and you just get better and better. I don’t listen as often because you have helped me heal so much, but I always have my inner Richard Grannon voice running in my head. And because of you, I “educated” my daughter about this and helped her avoid marriage to a very toxic guy. Sadly, she hadn’t even told me what was going on, but she was armed with enough info to realize it was abusive ( emotionally and verbally), and ended it herself. So very proud of her, and you. I can’t thank you enough. ❤
@Hawaiiansky11
@Hawaiiansky11 11 ай бұрын
Wonderful for you and your daughter!! Nothing worse than being bound to someone, for life (ideally) who is toxic. I struggled for years to get out of a relationship with someone I never even wanted to date, but was pushed into it by extremely controlling parents.
@Gurpreet-A
@Gurpreet-A 11 ай бұрын
I wish I can say the same thing one day. I am only 3rd day of no contact. I have tendency to go back and in past I ended up breaking no contact on day 4.
@evelynniemeyer1119
@evelynniemeyer1119 11 ай бұрын
​​@@Gurpreet-A He/she will hoover you. That means they repeat the love bombing for a short time. Every time you try to leave will make you weaker ! Stay strong for you and a better life in the future. All the best to you 💌 There are youTube videos about "no contact" and "grey rock" (a methode to talk without emotion to refuse to give them fuel, if it should be neccessary to talk about things).
@Gurpreet-A
@Gurpreet-A 11 ай бұрын
@@evelynniemeyer1119 I tried no contact so many times but ended up going back to the narcissist. The cycle of hoover, devalue and discard started to happen every week. I feel like there’s no energy left in me to go back and be with this person. But, whenever there’s a notification on my phone I get scared and my heart rate increase.
@krisq3616
@krisq3616 11 ай бұрын
Spot on from my experience! Thank you!! I spent months trying to figure out why I was so miserable, and physically in pain with headaches and stomach aches, even heartache when he was seemingly so nice to me.
@DrQuadrivium
@DrQuadrivium 11 ай бұрын
Listening to these videos makes me think that *_everyone_* I have ever known (or even listened to) in my whole life has been some form of narcissist. _Even people who make videos about narcissism!_
@kiradelarochefoucauld7499
@kiradelarochefoucauld7499 11 ай бұрын
It's the Human Condition. I just keep on loving my narcs, and work on my own narc-y qualities, which we ALL HAVE hands down 100%. It's all in our Astrology Programming. People just have conflicts and wounds. Nothing is ever going to change that. All you can do is learn to stand up for yourself and learn how to communicate better. That is the task. Forgive them Father for they know not what they do. I have never loved a person who didn't not have major flaws issues wounds hurts personality problems of some kind. Including myself. I NEVER hear anyone on Narc blogs mention their own flaws. & BTW, "Diagnoses" is a Billing Code.
@leahmadalyn
@leahmadalyn 11 ай бұрын
​@kiradelarochefoucauld7499 I agree. I think Im narcy af sometimes. We all have shit going on within us no one body is better than the other. Im positive that my narc traits stem from my father's narc traits. I am super sensitive and helping others is what I love to do because it's how I express my love but Im also complaintive and mean as hell 😅 Self awareness is key.
@kiradelarochefoucauld7499
@kiradelarochefoucauld7499 11 ай бұрын
@@leahmadalyn absolutely. If I had known my ex mother in law’s condescending put downs and Diva drama was literally her EXACT birthday energy, out of her control at the level she was at, and that it was My responsibility to let it wash over me unscathed, I probably wouldn’t have had contractions while pg from her snarky remarks or numerous other emo meltdowns. My sister is super critical. So is my daughter. Same both week “ Drama and Criticism” pains in the ass with the counter arguments. I have rank with daughter not sister. Both are brilliant amazing grand loving people. Sometimes I think my sis is a Narc, then I remember he childhood and all her cold critical planets in certain signs and I let it go. And feel so much better! Always. WTActual fuck is wrong with this world today we are supposed to pathologist every fucking thing a person does because it offends us? Frankly I am done with this entire Narc BS. It’s BORING. And Death to genuine relationships because you are trained to objectify them into their pathology. It’s sick.
@user-uw7ke5yn1f
@user-uw7ke5yn1f 11 ай бұрын
Those kinds of narcissists are weak creatures without backbone. The strategies you describe make it extremely difficult to get family to understand what you are living through. Very useful information,again!
@amypatton6730
@amypatton6730 9 ай бұрын
Yes, I enjoyed very much being reminded that walking on eggshells and being emotionally exhausted from being married to one of these is the sum of my adult life. My eye's are opened, and my heart is broken, and it is too late to even try to trust new friends. My hope is still in God, as he will not forsake me. Thanks be to God.
@amarshmuseconcepta6197
@amarshmuseconcepta6197 9 ай бұрын
🙏"amen" ✊❤️
@SabrinaBelladonna
@SabrinaBelladonna 11 ай бұрын
The persona is the gift wrapping, the personality is what the "gift" really is like, thus never base your judgement of a gift on it's wrapping.
@lem8081
@lem8081 11 ай бұрын
This is my child's father. He's got everybody fooled into thinking he's the nicest man that's ever walked the face of this earth, yet he's abandoned us as soon as he found out I was carrying his child.
@truthbetold4097
@truthbetold4097 11 ай бұрын
I've always known my husband has two faces, public and private, but I never knew what it was called until earlier this year. It is mentally exhausting. I'm always in defense mode. I don't know how much more of this I can take. He's got me financially dependent and isolated. I don't know what I'm going to do. Honestly there are days that I'd rather be homeless then endure any more of of his nasty digs, degrading comments, lusting after a neighbors wife, and at times violent temper (throwing tools, firewood etc). He knows I'm onto him and I do call him out on his behavior. I don't trust him at all.
@ddhvn28
@ddhvn28 11 ай бұрын
The book How to Hug a Porcupine: Dealing with Toxic and Difficult to Love Personalitities by Dr. John Lewis Lund will help. It's not a perfect solution but it definitely is helpful. If you are a praying person, prayer helps also. Be specific in the words you use so that the Lord can better help you. Such as if your in the discard phase of a relationship where constant rejection is happening, then pray to be taken out of the phase and put into a different phase. Although still not the best but some phases are easier to deal with than others. Also, indirect conversations can be helpful. The narcissist I know can't handle any type of criticism directly but I've learn that when I point out that behavior in someone else like in a movie and say it's not ok, he agrees. The narcissist I know also has adult oppositional defiant disorder. Which makes things even more difficult. Things usually have to made to seem like they are all his idea. So, like indirectly and subtlely dropping hints over time so that the idea pops into his head to do something. Because if it's my idea, it's an automatic no go. Reward yourself with a treat of some kind like ice cream for dealing with the emotional distress. It actually helps take the sting off. It is in the book I mentioned. Pray for strength. You got this. Pray that your burden will feel light on your shoulders until you have the chance to change it.
@brandywillis3998
@brandywillis3998 11 ай бұрын
get out of the relationship. Stop letting someone else destroy your life and that of your kids (if you have any). These people do not change for the better, ever. It only gets worse.
@brandywillis3998
@brandywillis3998 11 ай бұрын
@@ddhvn28 stop giving instructions on how to stay with an abusive spouse. That really isn't helpful to anyone. Prayer never stops abusive behavior.
@ddhvn28
@ddhvn28 11 ай бұрын
@brandywillis3998 getting out isn't as easy as that. Some people have no family to help, have no kids causing the shelters to say no, and have no money to pay the expensive rent nowadays. Sometimes, you have to deal with it until an opportunity opens up for change. In some occasions, it's worse to leave because the narcissist will tell everyone that she is the one to blame for everything. He will try to take her family, her friends, her church leaders, etc and turn them all against her. He will play the victim and make her out to be the abuser. He will completely assassinate her character, if not her. If he cant have her ,he wont let anyone else either. The battle will be far worse if she leaves. She'd have to be emotionally and financially ready for that. Without help, it would be very, very difficult. For some women, there is no outside help available to them. And FYI, even counselors teach women how to deal with it until the opportunity arises for change. That is what my counselor did. And no matter if she leaves, there will always be another narcissist waiting around the corner. We have a pandemic of narcissists in our society. It could be a boss, a collegue, etc. They are everywhere. Best to learn how to manage it. Learning to deal with the narcissist in my life actually helped me to navigate the behaviors of other narcissists I come across. For example, I'm a substitute teacher. The schools are filled with Narcissistic children. Learning to deal with the narcissist in my life actually helped me become a better substitute. It is easier now to manage a class full of Narcissistic children. I say she needs to do what is best for her. And yes praying does help. Heavenly Father is my only source that has been available to me and he does indeed answer my prayers. He does visit me in my afflictions. He does help me. And He will definitely help her and anyone else who asks Him. The advice I give was given to me by my counselors. I know they work, at least in my experience. So I say back off until you actually know what you're talking about. I stand by her and will support her whether she decides to wait or to go.
@brandywillis3998
@brandywillis3998 11 ай бұрын
@@ddhvn28 well hospital bills and death aren't cheap either. Watching your kids be destroyed by the other parent has quite a high cost. I never said it was easy, but a fricking book and prayer sure don't work.
@pollinationfarms
@pollinationfarms 11 ай бұрын
I don’t think I’m ever going to trust anyone ever anymore ❤😂 I just stay away and watch people now lol 🤣
@traceyseymour2652
@traceyseymour2652 11 ай бұрын
Oh my Richard, the best description of my husband of 36 years!!!! I thought it was all my fault. Had 2 narc parents so i guess i fell for it all.
@Hawaiiansky11
@Hawaiiansky11 11 ай бұрын
It's so sad and infuriating how narcissists, enablers and minions all work together to set you up to fail in every aspect of life. It's a testament to our strength and to God above that we are not all living in a gutter somewhere. It's very hard to accept, but I'm working on it now, that the people whose responsibility it was to raise me, to teach me about love and life and nurture my talents, actually wanted me to fail. All because had I succeeded in their eyes, it would have called into question their justifications for abusing me. If I was a 'good' or 'nice' or 'sane' person, then they had no excuse. Being a crazy, emotional, irrational black sheep / bad seed meant that in their eyes, I was asking for it and had it coming. Then, they had the gall to tell me they loved me??? If you take effort in or celebrate the breaking of another person's spirit, that's hate. Not love. And in their case, I really do hope hell is real.
@Mikelk71
@Mikelk71 11 ай бұрын
All I can say is thank you. It makes me thankful to not be with her anymore and I have my freedom and liberation now. I no longer have to walk on eggshells and watch everything I say, and do. In fear of the severe reaction.
@Julia-jc6xu
@Julia-jc6xu 11 ай бұрын
I really hope this video reaches a VERY WIDE audience. If I only knew this 5 years ago... In only 2 months this monster managed to made me a (almost) suicidal wreck.
@Hawaiiansky11
@Hawaiiansky11 11 ай бұрын
These are the people who, IMO could literally stab a knife through you while smiling sweetly and saying, "I love you."
@davidbanner9344
@davidbanner9344 11 ай бұрын
It was always around that two month period, when they turned up the heat, and delivered some of the most damage to me, with my experience with the Narcs!
@mrfish9344
@mrfish9344 11 ай бұрын
He was a do gooder! Absolutely chaotic empty void !!! Thank You Richard xxx
@amberdetwiler9786
@amberdetwiler9786 11 ай бұрын
This hit home. Thank you for explaining this, because i second guess myself all the time. It is so confusing to be controlled, but yet expected to "handle" everything. Now i understand that I am a minion. Ugh 😢
@beegirl8884
@beegirl8884 11 ай бұрын
I called myself a Mike-bot, or a member of the Cult of Mike because that’s what the 19 years of hell with him were like. Living with a covert, communal Narc will make you feel crazy, helpless, & hopeless. They are NOT who or what they pretend to be.
@sl3102
@sl3102 11 ай бұрын
This fits a certain person so well. I always knew that he was self absorbed in a slightly passive agressive way, and now it all makes sense.
@anibrito4553
@anibrito4553 11 ай бұрын
You described my brother.
@ktmggg
@ktmggg 11 ай бұрын
Eleven, twelve and fourteen are exactly what my mother would do. She was diagnosed as BPD but this was her to a T. She made efforts to befriend all the teenagers in the neighborhood by being the cool mom. I was always told how lucky I was to have her for a mom, but I knew the truth. Eventually she would burn everyone and alienate them, including her children. No one came to her funeral.
@emilykathleenn
@emilykathleenn 11 ай бұрын
Maybe she's misdiagnosed, however, bpd people can have narcissistic traits so not necessarily narcissistic. If she has alot of empathy , it is unlikely she is narcissistic
@caseylin1296
@caseylin1296 11 ай бұрын
One of your best videos yet Richard! Ty! Absolutely sums it up in plain English! #9 was huge for me- at the end I found myself wanting less time with him, mentally and emotionally drained!- quite the opposite from the beginning when being around him was energizing and awesome !! It was unbelievable to see them flip the switch from on to off in a seconds time!!
@lustertone8587
@lustertone8587 11 ай бұрын
This information fits my experience with my previous marriage of 14 years and my current spouse of 19 years to a T. Having recently discovered that I have been experiencing CPTSD in my mental health for many years in my life and being stuck in a freeze/fawn trauma response has not only enhanced the abuse and such that has been occurring but it has also pushed my toxic shame and inner critic into very unhealthy levels. I’m grateful for the help and support that I have been finding through experts such as yourself who are providing me with valuable information and advice on how to heal and recover and thrive in my recovery process. Thank you from the bottom of my soul!
@lisahill182
@lisahill182 11 ай бұрын
Thank you! As always you do a great job delivering clear explanations, which is extremely helpful, because dealing with all of the trauma's of narcissistic abuse are insanely confusing and so extraordinarily evil and so exhausting in every way, that they can bring you to the brink of absolute insanity, not to mention destroy your physical health on top of all that. I was pretty much there a couple of years ago and wasn't sure which I'd lose first - my life or my mind. I thank God that I found people like you, I'm not out of the woods, but world's apart from where I was. Thank you and God bless you!!
@melodiejohnston9528
@melodiejohnston9528 3 ай бұрын
Again, I am gobsmacked at your more than accurate insight. Thank you for continuing to do these videos. I am still learning about the experience I just had, and I am stunned by the timing of my finding these videos. They are not necessarily recent, yet they are spot on. It's like you were in the room. Thank you for this gift.
@mounamili9678
@mounamili9678 11 ай бұрын
This is a perfect depiction of my covert narc ex. He is so nice to everybody that even my own family couldn't believe me when I told them he's nothing but a narc..
@shaggybuckaroo
@shaggybuckaroo 11 ай бұрын
Wow.. thank you! This perfectly describes an experience with a recent "friend"... Including the cognitive dissonance and how it is really hard to be okay with the initial persona charming come-on... And the shocking coldness that came later... These folks can be masters at this game! It doesn't mean us folks that get played are fools... But it still hurts...
@julia912d5
@julia912d5 11 ай бұрын
I just experienced a narcissist like this recently. I hired someone to help me downsize my house and also go through my mother's belongings after she died. She seemed very nice, genuine at first. But then I started noticing that her words and her actions didn't match. As long as I was appreciating and praising her, things are okay. And whenever she would talk about herself she bragged and lit up. But it was clear that it was one-way conversation. As long as we were talking about her. Then she started to show The real her. One day I was talking to her about Narcissists, and she became very defensive and angry. Another time the conversation of abusive, narcissistic people I've met, she went into narcissistic rage. She had a complete meltdown, like a tantruming toddler. Once a narcissist nosey see through them, they make a huge scene, and discard you immediately. In my experience, the fastest way to get rid of a narcissist is to let them know that you see right through them.
@SparkIeMotion
@SparkIeMotion 11 ай бұрын
#9 made my jaw drop. Exactly the situation I'm in right now. Thank you for this.
@andreatocknell593
@andreatocknell593 11 ай бұрын
This has just been the exact experience I have just been through AGAIN!!! Thank you for the clarity and the advice. I needed this desperately today
@King_of_Sofa
@King_of_Sofa 11 ай бұрын
I feel like this is the most common form of narcissism. More common in people than not. And it exists as a spectrum. Most people are this way, but on the mild side of that spectrum. It's why learning to stand up for yourself and being a champion of fairness is absolutely critical for a high quality of life in this human experience we call existence
@King_of_Sofa
@King_of_Sofa 11 ай бұрын
Also, at some point you can stretch the definition of narcissism so far that it dilutes what in means to be a narcissist
@Harteo3917
@Harteo3917 Ай бұрын
I agree because of how i get pulled into it again and again so often because acting and looking good is the best strategy because most people only want to see the best in people all the time.
@trustinsynchronicity
@trustinsynchronicity 11 ай бұрын
Thank you Richard. The private versus public persona cognitive dissonance you point out is more enlightening than any of the boundaries, rationalizations, excuses the guy makes about each of his two faces. I need consistency from humans so thank you for restoring my reality testing.
@trustinsynchronicity
@trustinsynchronicity 11 ай бұрын
I decided to subscribe to you just now. If the Sam gets butthurt about that, then that's his problem. You're the one who I'm having stuff in common with right now since we both were betrayed by the freaking brat.
@grammalena1
@grammalena1 11 ай бұрын
Oh my goodness! I just had a woman in my house for two weeks that is totally this person. I would attach the text she send me the day before i made her leave but it is so nasty. Thank you! She is exhausting, sell centered and cruel!
@amberknowgood
@amberknowgood 11 ай бұрын
I love this!! You’re explaining the superficial “at first glance” traits, what they’re really like, and what to watch out for as well as the red flags you’ll catch yourself doing like walking on eggshells. I wish more lists & red flag videos were set up like this. 👍
@sheilaphifer6677
@sheilaphifer6677 11 ай бұрын
You have described him perfectly…thus, my severe dissonance and no one in my circle understanding the trauma I went through This is preventable though…with stronger boundaries
@trastolilla6358
@trastolilla6358 11 ай бұрын
Yeah! Richard, you really have a knack for explaining things... exactly like two different hard drives in my head. As if I were two different people: the bad one who sees ugly things in people and the good one who loves and cares for my loved ones who are pure gold and sacrifice. Enough to think I had a mental problem since childhood. Thank you so much for helping me to understand.
@leahmadalyn
@leahmadalyn 11 ай бұрын
Same here and I have been diagnosed with BP 1. So 😅
@earthdakini
@earthdakini 11 ай бұрын
Spot on, these are the most plausible of the narcissist types & the ones most likely to fly in under the radar
@natashamcavoy2432
@natashamcavoy2432 11 ай бұрын
It was fun seeing all of the stars at the concert, thank you! Youre so sweet, love your videos
@tessamohler3021
@tessamohler3021 11 ай бұрын
I didn’t know a narcissist could be sweet? Mine is just evil 👿 the reason I have cancer now!!
@Hawaiiansky11
@Hawaiiansky11 11 ай бұрын
I pray you recover and have a long healthy life just to get back at the bastard!
@tessamohler3021
@tessamohler3021 11 ай бұрын
@@Hawaiiansky11 That would be the best revenge wouldn’t it? Thank you 😊
@user-by5cj8sw2m
@user-by5cj8sw2m 11 ай бұрын
🤡
@l.patrick2171
@l.patrick2171 11 ай бұрын
If anybody watches enough of these videos on how to identify a narcissist, you eventually come to the conclusion that everybody is narcissistic in one way or other. There's no getting around it. It's all part of human nature.
@annemariehattingh2923
@annemariehattingh2923 11 ай бұрын
Spot on analysis!! Well done as this clarifies my confusion related to 'niceness' of 25 years!!
@robertsharp916
@robertsharp916 11 ай бұрын
I found that I had experienced so much narcissistic behavior from others, that I learned through therapy I now re-think things so that I am sure I didn't pick up any traits. Just trying to do my best. Great video!
@NinaDreams81
@NinaDreams81 11 ай бұрын
This describes my former therapist. 😮 He obviously had to pretend he was interested in listening to me, but he would dominate entire sessions. I would talk for about 5 minutes, and then he talked for the rest. He talked a lot about himself and his interests. He would make things I said about him. He would compare me to other clients. When I had a problem with him, he got very angry and kept calling me ungrateful. I was shocked. When I tried to terminate my relationship, he did a whole pity party about how his clients always get angry at him and can't see him as a human. He did the same thing again when I left for good.
@louisegarner8888
@louisegarner8888 11 ай бұрын
Yes, beware the nice guy or girl ... This is often the resultant confusion and chaos of people being "nice" ❌ instead of kind ✔️... think about it, nice people eventually "eat their own" by giving the illusion that they actually care when it's really virtue signalling to keep up a false facade to their own advantage to appear likeable and those who fall for it will be disappointed, if not devastated and destroyed when they realise the lack of inherent sincerity and substance involved. It's true, a "nice" guy or girl can insidiously misalign and toxify your masculine (towards misogyny) and feminine (towards misandry) aspects over time as you attempt to make up for any deficits. Mathew 10:16 "Be wise as the serpent, gentle as a dove" diplomatic and discerning in all dealings with others. 🙏🐍👁️🕊️✌️
@malwads1836
@malwads1836 11 ай бұрын
This is what I've been saying for a long time too.Nice is superficial...But kind is genuine.They DON'T always go together & they're 2 very different things.Heck I'm sure Ted Bundy was perfectly "nice"...At least until he ☠️ his victims & did a lot of unspeakable things that is🥶.
@nancyhjort5348
@nancyhjort5348 11 ай бұрын
I have concluded that "nice," is often just a coward with concern and a nice smile. Kindness, on the other hand, cost the giver of themselves.
@TorahisthetruthPsalms
@TorahisthetruthPsalms 11 ай бұрын
New Testament belief is a narcissist religion. They get to cast their sin / actions onto a innocent.
@louisegarner8888
@louisegarner8888 11 ай бұрын
They truly don't care do they?! I had one call the ones who stuck with them like zombies "suckers" when I left as I'd reached my limits with the bs. You can see either emptiness where their smiles never reach their eyes when they're bored and faking it or delighted devils dancing in their eyes when they get one over on someone. I guess I've been guilty of acting "nice" around these types just to survive as I tend to feel it first, challenge any hypocrisy and come off worse for it. We live and leatn 'tis all we do. My parents were all for "keeping up appearances" and usually hid me when visitors came lol. Too often we play along to get along and run the risk of normalising this to our own detriment when we know there's something "off" yet still doubt our senses till we experience repeated pain of it for ourselves such as us having their backs faithfully but they never have ours in return. Thanks for your feedback, I like the "coward with concern" and the Ted Bundy references, they hit the mark on this! 💖
@louisegarner8888
@louisegarner8888 11 ай бұрын
@@TorahisthetruthPsalms I agree, religious dogma and ideology needs to be tossed out and replaced with a more realistic, healthy and wholesome, free thinking style of adaptive education and instruction on what faith actually means and how people can use it to benefit everyone in their daily lives. Compassion fatigue or being around virtue signalling ppl too long can lead to us compromising ourselves if we're not careful. It's best to steer clear of those who do that, I've Bible bashing neighbours who use it to their own advantage and don't practise what they preach, yet I also know others who use it to best purpose to level everyone up and can bear correction so we need to be discerning and ask good questions to test before we invest in anything we don't feel deep in our hearts aligns with the truth. 🙏👁️💞👋
@27boof
@27boof 11 ай бұрын
Thanks Richard. I started a new job approx 3 months ago & quit after 2 months & 3 weeks because my new boss was exactly like this - to a "T". Thank you! I'm glad I got out quickly & I was able to do that because of prior experiences with Narcs in the past, plus watching your videos over the last couple of years helped me to be all the wiser in identifying this recent one. Thank you! :)
@jamesjasmine2019
@jamesjasmine2019 19 күн бұрын
Wow, sir. This is the most awesome and accurate video I've ever seen about narcissists. Thank you so much!
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