Scent of a narcissist
Madam,
We, at some stage in our lives, have come across existential beings but often we cannot Tuite discern overt or covert, cloak-and-dagger suspects. The ones with the most interesting anecdotes at a party, where guests sit around like children in nursery school awaiting story time.
They are anticipating some enthralling great µtale’. Mind you, the most exaggerated narrative ever heard.
So, who are these people? Ladies and gentlemen, drum roll and welcome to the world of the narcissist. $long with many people, I have used the term loosely. %ut the concept of a narcissist is nuanced. $t some point in our lives, we all can and could exhibit traits of a narcissist. The selfishness, the me, me, me stories, but that is to some extent Must a momentarily lapse of Mudgement. I have read voraciously on the subMect matter and came across an interesting bit ± if you think you are narcissist, per cent of the time you are usually not one. 1evertheless, they can come across with a Moyful display of affection to everyone in the room ± a peacock in all its glory the loudest voice, the µhost or hostess with the mostest’. This is the overt narcissist. I often come to ask myself the Tuestion Is this a genetic disposition? Was it circumstances that caused this alter ego? Can they be dangerous? So, who are these creatures who have inhabited the earth? God knows, we all have enough to battle each day. So, after careful observation and reading I have concluded, these are the type of people we read about in fairytales. )or instance, the overt narcissist Gaston from µ%eauty and the %east’. Then comes the not-so-obvious self-abasing narcissist Prince +ans from µ)ro]en’. +e represents a Tuiet demeanour in his disposition, but we later learn the manipulative and deceptive nature of Prince +ans ± he is what we would call the covert narcissist. The evil or covert witch or old hag, who offers Snow White a poisonous apple. +ow many of us have been tricked into these narcissistic blandishments? They are like a sneaky card game going well only to be trumped with the µMoker’, in meaning the narcissist. K ChettyAFFECTION