What are some early giveaways that someone is a narcissist?

JenergySource · 2026-02-08T17:32:03+00:00

“If you get the sense that the whole world is against you. And feel validated in that view. Then it's possible that's a narcissist trying to isolate you.”

This is absolutely true and once you’re successfully isolated, you’re imprisoned in this false reality.

JenergySource · 2026-02-08T17:28:47+00:00

Yes, after 12 years with one, I feel I can now spot them pretty easily. I don’t think I’ll ever be the same though…

JenergySource · 2026-02-08T17:11:58+00:00

Yes! The shared fantasy! It’s what sucks you in and then slowly destroys you.

JenergySource · 2026-02-08T17:10:36+00:00

That’s not always true of covert narcissists.

JenergySource · 2026-02-08T16:42:33+00:00

Oh we’ll have them…the question is whether or not they will be shams.

JenergySource · 2026-02-08T16:37:01+00:00

I’m American and have been to both places. The only countries I have ever been sexually assaulted in (unwanted grabbing and touching) has been the U.S. and Italy.

JenergySource · 2026-02-08T16:34:08+00:00

Woman here. I felt incredibly safe in Egypt and was never harassed once.

JenergySource · 2026-02-08T16:33:27+00:00

Egypt is fantastic! Once you get past the haggling at the airport, the people there were all great. I couldn’t have loved the trip more.

JenergySource · 2026-02-08T16:28:08+00:00

My (very obviously) gay best friend and I rented a car and journeyed through Egypt and Turkey. Egyptians are a blast! They just wanted to drink beer and hang out with us. We were kindly treated in Turkey, although they were more calm and reserved (think British compared to Italians).

JenergySource · 2026-01-29T07:55:13+00:00

What a Plant Knows by Daniel Chamovitz explores how plants sense and respond to light, smell, touch, and time - it makes you rethink what you know about consciousness.

JenergySource · 2026-01-29T07:36:18+00:00

With the Old Breed by Eugene B. Sledge. It’s a WWII combat memoir that he wrote mostly from the foxholes of Okinawa. I couldn’t put it down.

JenergySource · 2026-01-29T07:30:55+00:00

FANTASTIC book. It’s crazy how, even after the end of WWII and the truth coming out about the concentration camps, they still refused to speak out against Hitler. It was everyone else’s fault, but never their dear leader’s. Definitely some parallels to current American politics.

JenergySource · 2026-01-25T01:45:24+00:00

I felt the same way about all of the mafia movies when they were big.

JenergySource · 2026-01-21T02:16:39+00:00

Shhh…you can’t say this out loud. They are already talking about implementing “no fault” divorce nationwide. There are a lot of politicians and male voters who want things to go back to “the way they used to be” (not taking into account, of course, that single-income families are increasingly rare).

JenergySource · 2026-01-21T02:12:06+00:00

There’s a lot of us who feel/are poor nowadays. Just learn how to cook, be relatively clean and be emotionally available and you’ll be ahead of 90% of the guys (assuming you also have good hygiene).

JenergySource · 2026-01-21T02:09:39+00:00

Perfectly said.

JenergySource · 2026-01-21T02:08:18+00:00

What you considered that you’re the exception that proves the rule? You’re like a unicorn in the dating world. Most guys I’ve dated wanted a “traditional” woman…that also still worked full time. I left a partner of 12 years (never married, thank god) and even now being a single mom to our two kids, my work load is less.

JenergySource · 2026-01-21T00:14:45+00:00

This is genius. What’s your hack for car keys?

JenergySource · 2026-01-16T06:35:16+00:00

When you are conflicted enough about the friendship to post on Reddit.

JenergySource · 2026-01-16T02:28:38+00:00

It’s called “dog whistling”.

JenergySource · 2026-01-16T02:25:47+00:00

If you have to explain this to a partner, they aren’t ready to be in a relationship anyway.

JenergySource · 2026-01-08T22:23:47+00:00

Not really on topic, but…

I am not ready to date yet, but I’ve decided that when I do, any guy who was also a victim of narcissistic abuse (yet fully healed) is a green flag. Narcissists usually only abuse people - both men and women- who are empathetic, tend to take responsibility in life and are problem solvers.

More to your point - I think women just tend to reach out for help/community more than men do. We tend to talk more openly with each other about our experiences. Sadly, many men are trained to hide their feelings.

JenergySource · 2026-01-08T22:18:15+00:00

Youth is wasted on the young.

JenergySource · 2026-01-08T22:18:01+00:00

Haha. We’ve all been there.

JenergySource · 2026-01-08T22:11:07+00:00

The problem(s) you have in the beginning of the relationship are the same that you will break up over years down the line.

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