Narcissistic Behavior

Soooooo what your saying is that I have a chance YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYE YESYESYESYESYESYESYES
And everyone thought I was insane for waiting for a looker like you boo those nay Sayers

Stay away from Narcissist is good choice We need to change something about ourselves; about our own taste of what type of personality we're attracted to, we need to scratch deeper in surface of understanding "why"we choose what we choose in past to make difference for present and future ...Is it something from childhood that broth us to familiar path of behaviour that we recognise and attracted us to someone
and what we need to stay away from ?

Hi txbreeze134

Narcissists believe they are God to us lesser beings, are extremely difficult to deal with, will not compromise, are self righteous, won't accept responsiblity for their own mistakes and will blame everyone else for their issues.

I relate to your story well. I too have to deal with a narcissist on a regular basis.

Unfortunately, I'm stuck with "it" for the next few years also.

Do not engage with him on anything apart from arrangements regarding the children.

I can sense you are strong...you will be ok now that you know what you are dealing with.

I must have read every book and online group [support group] one is Emerging from Broken [for children of Narcissists]. I too was like you, I was just ticking boxes. A Narcissist has a deep seated emptiness inside, they have an underdeveloped Amylgadia [excuse spelling] but is in the brain and it has alot to do with Conscience, hence alot of them have none. Its all about themselves, their kids, wife is an extension of themselves. They need the trappings of wealth,its all external, underneath is empty and cold. they can be very cruel too. Have no empathy but learn skills very quickly [like you said ] they are charming and women are drawn to them and visa versa.
I was reading a psychiatric journal on Narcissism and it named Bill Clinton and George Bush as being Narcissists, they are to be found in high positions like you said and in politics, they are rampant, because of the power.
They are very manipulative and you were lucky to escape.
There is just one thing a Narcissist cannot stand and that is to be Ignored. they cannot stand that.
They are the centre of the Universe You are lucky to have them as friend, husband etc and they have this natural feeling of entitlement to all they want.
There is no cure for a Narcissist. There are many very good and enlightening books . My mother is a Narcissist, she dumped me [2nd of seven kids] and rings me regularly, I cannot get half way across a sentence but she will intercept with 'oh I had that' so If I got ten bee stings in a day, she would have 1000. She has no insight into her blaming everyone else for her life and my siblings whom she has never let me get to know, are enablers, they pacify her so she moans and wants to be spoilt and at the ripe age of 83 still wants to meet a nice man !!!use
Because I am Christian, I have forgiven her for dreadful things she has said to me, that I am the failure in the family [she never reared me and sent me to Ireland to be reared by her mother and has never shown one ounce of love.... Enough said Just wanted you to know. I do know all about Narcissm.
Best of luck

hiya txbreeze,

thing about narcissism is, it's a label
telling, perhaps, of many of his characteristics or behaviours but it doesn't tell what he's suffering from (what's wrong) underlying all that.... the characteristic traits or behaviours are only symptoms of what's ailing him..

hopefully he'll be in touch with whatever all that's about and in time, heal