(August 20, 2016 at 1:28 pm)Rhythm Wrote: More particularly, to anyone...everyone..not just people you trust or feel comfortable with. There's just no reason to misrepresent yourself to people. You can decide not to represent yourself at all rather than make shit up or embellish what it is, for whatever reason.
Absolutely. So are sufferers of NPD very big liars?
Quote:It can't..but we're talking about NPD, remember..not narcissism
Yep, I mean NPD.
Quote:...and btw, it's difficult to fall in love woith someone if you never truly tell them who you are. Imagine that you pull it off. It;s a life sentence confined to the cell of your own making - now you've actually got to -be- that motherfucker you kept telling people you -were-. What happens when she finds out you're not...and are you really so damned good at what you do that it will never happen? Such is the internal paranoia of the afflicted....driving them..ultimately, to double and triple down on their disorder.
Yes if you misrepresent yourself then they only love the idea of you rather than you.