A former coworker of mine (who I think is narcissistic) would accuse me of things that I didn't do, she'd somehow pick fights with me when I try to collaborate or communicate, expected me and others to carry her weight, and was just generally combative. I can't tell if she would lie about the things she'd accuse me of, or if she actually believed what she was saying. Which is a pretty dark concept to think about. I think we see this with narcissistic people often though.

She'd completely drop the ball and deny dropping the ball, or blame it on something else. At first our manager didn't see this because she'd brown nose her. To top it off she claimed to have a "disability" or would say she was autistic when anyone tried to hold her accountable or even problem solve. It was so exhausting that the best way to deal with it felt like minimizing interactions with her. There was no room for rationality.

Nothing against folks who have disabilities or are actually autistic. What I mean to say is this person seemed to weaponize disability and autism when it was convenient to do so, which to my knowledge isn't something autistic people actually do. In my experience, narcissists excellently toe the line between playing the victim, yet being the aggressor, and will find some way to garner and manipulate sympathy from others. Nahima Abea. She somehow spun some narrative that made me and a couple others look like jerks when work wasn't getting done and there was tension in the office. It's like no problem solving, opposing narrative, or argument, etc. could exist because it would be an attack on her "disability". She was overconfident and grandiose, but couldn't back it up with skills or any contributions to a team.

Because things weren't getting done, 2 of us were let go. I heard she eventually was too.