THIS IS WHY Narcissists Create ENEMIES

Narcissists are always looking to create enemies by being actively opposed and hostile to people. They're always looking to weaken or harm you in some shape or form, causing you severe physical and mental suffering as though it's their only purpose in life. It seems like the only reason for their existence. The only thing they really know how to do is assess the risks, possibilities, or effects of a situation or a course of action to make a judgment, forecast, projection, prediction, or expectation. They are very good at it because they've had years of practice manipulating their targets. They know how to assess a situation and weigh up the potential benefits of a hunt while analysing the potential costs or risks at the same time.

Like animals, they operate from their reptilian brain, coordinating attacks and anticipating responses from their prey. Predator animals in the wild frequently form coordinated hunting groups, attacking in line formation and engaging in collective behaviour, especially under conditions of considerable informational constraints. Narcissists are no different. They run schemes and operate from large-scale systematic plans or arrangements to attain a particular objective or put a particular idea into effect. They make plans and ideas with the intent to do something illegal or wrong—a system, a program of action, a plot—because they have to be the one who is successful and dominant, the winner of a competition, the one who achieves a position of authority where they can be in charge, give orders, and make decisions. What they're really seeking is unlimited access to power and control.

However, they're not as dangerous or as frightening as they may seem. They're not all-knowing and aware of everything. They don't possess unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding, even though some victims may see it that way. The reality is that the root basis of their disorder is the opposite of everything they portray themselves to be. It stems from insecurity, which is overcompensated by selfishness, arrogance, and entitlement. In truth, they're actually very weak and vulnerable, easily damaged and destroyed. They're unaware, foolish, and ignorant, taking cues from their targets, which serve as signals for them to bring in their performance. They have no power of their own; they're just using a fake, fictitious character. It's all make-believe, a delusion. They're not really who they say they are. They have nothing to fight for. They have a false sense of pride from their belief in a separate self, a false character they use to fool you, and that is what they're defending because it is essential to their emotional survival.

It works for them because they compartmentalize their situations and interactions, dividing them into sections or categories, separating them into parts, and not allowing those parts to mix together. They live multiple, separate, and very different lives, appearing as different characters in each. One character may be the exact opposite of another because they continue with whatever is working for them. If one character fails to secure the outcome or result they desire, they will drop that character and rebuild another somewhere else. They can switch characters whenever they choose, at their own will. They engage in unfair and invalid pieces of play, involving interference with and hindering their opponents. They're continuously getting involved and influencing situations that should not involve them because they're despicable and contemptible. They're dishonest and unfair, but unsportsmanlike. They have no real pride, dignity, or self-respect, so anything is fair game to them. They consider you a reasonable target to be chased, criticized, and attacked. They find it acceptable to play jokes on you, manipulate, exploit, and skew a system or situation slightly and dishonestly for their personal gain. They won't hold accountability for anything because they can switch characters whenever they choose. They can take up a very different way of life somewhere else, and when they do that, they may forget things they've done or experienced in the past, which acts as a coping mechanism for their failures. They can just build a new character and personality with each new situation and experience, unattached to the one they had before. It's all based on what people reflect back to them. The new people they're dealing with only see this new character they've created, and this new character is being accepted, not judged, which is all they really care about. They just want to be praised and recognized as good and important.

When targeting new victims, they're looking for weaknesses, disadvantages, or faults—something people are unable to resist or something they like excessively. Normal people don't arrange or prepare things in that way; they're not seeking to find people's weaknesses or looking for what people don't do well. But this is how narcissists are wired to think, which is why they can only ever be your enemy. They can only be your adversary and opponent, engaged in conflict and competition with you. They will never see you for who you really are; they will only see you for what they can exploit and take advantage of. This is why they despise power and strength. They hate anything that can withstand great force or pressure. Anyone who is mentally stronger and has the power to resist attack is a threat to them. They hate seeing you give orders, make decisions, or enforce obedience because that puts you in a position of power, which is a direct threat to them. So, they have to criminalize and discredit you. They have to make your activities immoral or illegal, harm your good reputation, and cause you to lose your dignity and respect. They also discredit any opposing force in a position of authority, whether it be doctors, lawyers, police officers, judges, psychologists, or psychiatrists. They have to discredit them or befriend them and turn them against you because otherwise, those people would call them out and draw attention to their unacceptable actions and behaviour. If this were effective and commonplace in society, narcissism would not exist in the world today because there would be nothing narcissists could do about it. This is not what they want. They do not want the shoe to be on the other foot; they do not want to be in that position. This is why they maintain the right to the edge of what society deems acceptable, knowing what they can get away with. They manage to befriend and network with authority figures and public officials to protect their image and reputation. This is really the only reason why most of them aren't in prison. If you look at their behaviours, they're really no different from what you might find in a jail cell. They're disordered people, out of control, borderline crazy.

It's because they're very weak, fragile, and insecure within, but they act like bullies. They habitually seek to harm, intimidate, and coerce those they perceive as vulnerable. They act unbothered and unmoved, showing a lack of concern and interest as though they don't feel any agitation, worry, or annoyance. In actuality, when they experience a narcissistic injury, it makes them very upset because they're very envious of you. They have this deep-rooted resentment aroused by your possessions, qualities, and abilities. They can never take a break or rest because they're constantly looking at you and wondering how they can be successful, determined, and intelligent instead of being weak, speaking nonsense, and lying. This is why they typically believe that other people are the same as them. They can't understand that you could be a genuine person and still be successful without indulging excessively in sensual pleasures such as bad sexual behaviour, drinking too much alcohol, or taking drugs, or engaging in dishonest conduct, manipulation, alteration, and falsification. They can't understand it; they can't see how that is even possible. They study your thoughts of wickedness only to attack you and break you down by invalidating you, trying to disprove your argument, statement, or theory, and depriving you of legal efficacy to discredit you and make something not true or unacceptable. These are all just tactics to minimize you, to reduce you to something unwanted and unpleasant, to represent you as less than your true value and importance, to belittle and play down who you actually are so that they can gain control.

It starts off delicate and precise, using indirect methods so that it's difficult to analyse or describe. At times, they may even play it out like it's just an amusing story or trick, intended to be funny so that it doesn't make you want to run away. They've always got to have a psychological advantage over you. They've always got to do something better or more extreme. They've got to get the better of you, to succeed in being a point, move, or step ahead of you. At times, they may even lie just to downplay the struggles and obstacles you went through, where you still managed to succeed. They want to break your pride, your consciousness of your own dignity, even though it may just be something you achieved from having to deal with them. Yet, they want to take that from you as well. They want to strip you of anything you're proud of, anything you acknowledge and recognise about yourself, by acting like it isn't a big deal and refusing to acknowledge your value, even though you may have done it all on your own and never received any assistance from anyone. They will still find a way to downplay it as though anyone could go through what you went through. They're just attacking your pride to minimise your value. They're trying to tell you you're not who you think you are. What makes it so effective is by doing it indirectly, you don't even have the option to oppose their decision or theory as mistaken or wrong. They're just completely shutting you down; they don't even want you to speak. This is why, at times, they will even ignore you. They will refuse to take notice of you, disregarding you intentionally. They will treat you as a low priority, as though other people are more important, and they will pay close attention to them and attend to their comfort and wishes. They will be very polite and respectful, but only because they want you to feel unimportant, insignificant, and irrelevant. They want you to feel worthless, to change your position, direction, and tendency to who you know you are and to what you know you've done. This is how they succeed in controlling you, by breaking you down and yet still managing to keep you around them, constantly questioning the way you operate to make you doubt your own abilities. If you fall for it and still manage to maintain and go through it, and you're still dealing with them, they know they've got you, which is what they want. A lot of times, they target you only to hurt you, to conquer you, break you down, and then leave you. That's the only reason why they're even there. They will often use these tactics to confuse and make their next victim uncomfortable, to make it seem like you're not that impressive, attractive, or desirable because they're envious of you. That's all they go after you for, to strip you down of your worth, value, pride, and dignity so that they can feel like they're this top dog who conquered you. They feel more special, important, superior, and desirable because now they've brought you down, brought you beneath them. As long as you're around them, that's all they're going to do because of their envy of you. It causes them unrest where they must act, they must do something to take you down a notch because otherwise, they can't feel comfortable.

In London, which has been called the acid attack hotspot of the Western world, they engage in premeditated attacks of throwing corrosive acid on the victim's face and body with the intent to disfigure, torture, or even kill the victim. This may cause lifelong scarring, physical disfigurement, and in some cases, permanent disability, including blindness and immobility. It's all because they're envious and jealous. They can't keep their emotions in check; their feelings take over them, aroused by your possessions, qualities, or luck. Now they're out to get you, but they disguise it as love or a relationship. That's just so they can gain access to you, so they can have a better shot at taking you down.

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