Machiavellianism and narcissism, are we unfair to narcissists? By author Hella Ahmed

Are all narcissists that bad?

(By Hella Ahmed) Predators don’t change, they will adapt the scenario though, to look clean, but we can see through the game because they’ve done it before. They don’t renew their tactics! Anyway, some people will say that using the term “narcissist” as an insult isn’t fair, because narcissism has to do with our developmental course, all of us! So a bad glitch would be a natural defectiveness not to be called out as voluntary.

Also being a narcissist doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re a mean perverted one, when a pervert is necessarily a narcissist. Maybe adding toxic or machiavellian will make things clear that narcissism doesn’t essentially refer to something bad.

Vulnerabilities and flaws

Some people are toxic in a narcissistic way without intending to hurt others, they are awkward, they lack the ability to efficiently comprehend other people’s internal states and legitimate needs (and their own too). But other narcissists can be intentionally obnoxious because they are aware of their nature and proud of it. They lack emotional empathy, but their cognitive one is pretty functional which helps them manipulate others and hurt them (they scheme accordingly to how they know and expect others to feel and react).

Using the term “narcissist” to describe egotistical/selfish ways of behaving (as major traits in someone’s profile) doesn’t bother me. It’s fair because not everything is about psychoanalysis or science which is supposed to save us from pseudoscience. After all, the term “narcissism” doesn’t belong to psychology or psycho pop in the first place and is originally related to the myth of narcissus, a tale about someone who was way too much into himself.

When the abuse is owned (they feel proud about it and repeat), that is perverted. Narcissists can be a pain in the ass as they glue themselves to you and scheme long term destruction/exploitation, the end of your freedom and happiness. They get obsessed.

They believe they can control minds

They are sometimes so immature and in love with themselves that they don’t conceive of a change of mentality/feelings/willingness in others when it comes to their attitude or devotion towards their persona. Let’s say you adore a narcissist and then grow up wiser to be disgusted by that person, he(she) will stay convinced that this change of heart is impossible and that the adoration is still going on or can be reaffirmed.

Some narcissists can convince themselves that a devotion for them exits, one that was never there in fact, because this glorifying scenario fits their inflated ego’s plans and the destiny they want manifested. Many narcissists consider the targeted people they obsess with as “alive” objects and so they get to stuff in them the “feelings” they want. It is delusional, they live in a fantasy which is destructive for those who want no part in it.

They can’t control minds, because some people can be quick to see through the fog of suspicious atmospheres, they recognize the elements of gaslighting and end up very fast distancing themselves from the needy pushy narcissists looking for perverted psychological thrills and ways to exploit creative minds.

The downfall

When they hurt vulnerable people, their fantasies become true, but most of the time machiavellian narcissists prefer to target smart people, for the challenge and mental substance they can benefit from when entangled with inspiring personalities. Smart individuals who can learn from their mistakes to become less empathetic when needed and save themselves from the narcissists’ grip,

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