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Old 03-01-2005, 10:27 AM   #1
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Question How do I deal with a Narcissist

Does anyone out there have or has anyone dealt with someone with a Narcissistic personality? I don't have one but I'm with someone who does. I've read up on it but does anyone have any true life stories? Thanks.

 
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Re: How do I deal with a Narcissist

You might want to check out the Personality Disorders board here if you don't get many responses on the mental health board...!

 
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Re: How do I deal with a Narcissist

I know of a narcissist, he is a friend of a friend. I get hear the horror stories. He's in college and most women find him attractive -- he is relentlessly compared to looking like Colin Farrell (sp?) and Orlando Bloom by the gals who fawn over him. He had always been narcissistic, but it hit an all time high after he and his girlfriend split up. He recently started working out and pretends to see results. And he does it loudly, so whoever is in his house can hear and acknowledge the fact that he's doing so. He says things like, "I wonder if the people who hang out with me like me for my personality or do they just like hanging around pretty people..." He is also a liar. He pretends to be the hottest bachelor in the entire city, fighting girls off then sweep them off their feet when they return for more. He thinks everybody else is a peasant and the beauty that he possesses makes him better than everybody else.
I don't know what to do with him. I was talking to his roommate and we've collectively concluded that this is his way of keeping himself happy. That he's really a lonely chump, who steps on the people that allow themselves to be stepped on. And that he lies about his various escapades with the opposite sex to impress his roommate, who has only seen him with two girls ever. He points out other's flaws to take the attention off of his own. He is really an ugly person. I can't stand him.
I suggested that the roommate question his stories and maybe even disagree with his "I am so freaking beautiful" statements. As angry as that will probably make him, somebody will at least be adverse to his ********** and maybe his ego will shrink a little bit. Other people would quickly say, "Cut them out of your life."

 
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Re: How do I deal with a Narcissist

Some people can change, and others cannot. All I know is - I would cut such a person out of my life. I don't surround myself with perfect people -far from it - but I do appreciate a little honesty and humility in my friends. And they get it from me, too.

That may sound harsh to some, but I've had friends like that and I never knew when they were telling the truth. What kind of friendship is that?

 
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I am trying to deal with 2 narcisstic children who feel the need to verbally abuse me whenever I do something they dont approve of like saying no to lending them money all the time. They swear at me, call me names and accuse me of not treating the family properly.
Other than to cut them off from contacting me I am not sure what to do. I have set boundaries but they just step over them.
I now have to say - please stay away from me.
very sad.

Last edited by motherpam; 03-21-2005 at 06:41 PM. Reason: wrong spelling of a word

 
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