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What is the ultimate goal of a narcissist?

The first one is the need for attention, admiration and confirmation that they are the best, the second one is the urge to hide their fragile egos, to keep themselves safe from being exposed as insecure or less good as they portray.

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Values are basic and fundamental beliefs that guide or motivate attitudes or actions. They help you to determine what is important to you. Values are personal qualities you aspire to adhere to, becoming the person you want to be. It informs how you treat yourself and others, how you interact with others and the world around you and helps to make decisions. Values are the foundation of all you are doing and thinking. They are usually positive and capture beliefs about what is right and wrong, a moral compass and your deeper drivers. Examples of values are love, respect, trust, loyalty, honesty, integrity, caution, financial security, justice, equality, reliability and family. Values exist whether you are aware of them or not. When what you do and how you behave matches your values, life feels good. There is a sense of contentment and satisfaction. But when your values aren’t aligned with your actions, you wouldn’t feel happy. Subconsciously, you know your values. You might not know the priority, there might be some ‘borderliners’, but in the main, you have an innate knowing and instinctively you will live in line with your values. If your values are violated, you will feel uncomfortable the least and unhappy and guilty the most.

Which are the most important values a narcissist embraces?

As values are the foundation of your thoughts and actions, it makes sense to remember that a narcissist is like an addict with two desires that inform all their actions. The first one is the need for attention, admiration and confirmation that they are the best, the second one is the urge to hide their fragile egos, to keep themselves safe from being exposed as insecure or less good as they portray. I grew up with a narcissistic mother and looking back at my experiences I discovered that my mother’s values are mostly negative. Her moral compass was very different from that of ‘normal’ people and when dealing with a narcissist it is helpful to keep in mind that they don’t share the same values. The following values are typical for someone who suffers from a narcissistic personality disorder:

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It is of the greatest importance to come across as beautiful, rich, intelligent, well-connected and successful and a narcissist will sacrifice values as financial security, love, honesty to image and appearance. This is what will give them confidence and at the same time it is the way to mask their lack of it. Getting into debt to show off the latest car or designer gadget is common amongst them.

2. Disrespect

There is only respect for their own needs and in order to get those met, they disrespect anything else. Other people’s perspective (they are not willing or able to see another perspective), boundaries (their sense of entitlement will push down the boundaries), people (no one is important apart from them). It can be quite shocking to listen to the put-downs and discrediting of other people or notice how they reveal personal information about others.

3. Dishonesty

The truth is the truth that serves a purpose in the world of the narcissist. There is no factual truth, there is their vision that will enhance and ensure that their needs are met. They lie, twist, reframe without seeing that as dishonesty. It is a necessity to keep themselves safe. They have no problem denying a situation, even if it is presented with proof.

4. Self-centeredness

The world revolves around them and everyone who happens to be part of that world should go along with it. All events, situations and stories have them as the centrepiece. Their actions are focussed on creating it or even forcing it. The eulogy a narcissist wrote for his mother was, apart from the first few sentences, all about him.

5. Disloyalty

People can’t be trusted, people are there to be used and if they don’t fulfil their purpose anymore it is time to find someone else who can replace them. There is no recognition of the worth of shared experiences. It is very common that a narcissistic ex-partner will be involved within weeks with someone new.

6. Control

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It is extremely important for the narcissist to be in control. In control of themselves as they need to protect their fragile ego, and in control of the people around them who need to give them their supply. And the supply doesn’t need to be given naturally, it can easily be forced. The narcissist doesn’t care how they get it, as long as they get it. One way of control is to estrange people from each other through triangulation.

7. Self-importance

The only thing that counts is person number one. The life of other people is organised, controlled and bullied around the importance of the narcissist. The lack of empathy, let alone compassion, makes it impossible for them to connect to the emotions and upset of others and makes it easier to focus on the self and making sure that their needs are met. It is very normal narcissistic behaviour to create a scene at a party, just to get the focus onto them. When dealing with a narcissist, it is important to know (not understand!) where they are coming from. They think, feel and behave very differently from other people and unfortunately can be very damaging. Protect yourself through knowledge is a good first step. If you recognise that someone seems to embrace values like mentioned above, be aware and be careful.

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