Narcissists have admiration for themselves but they need others around them to mirror these feelings - to say they're great basically, because they're a bit bro

Narcissists have admiration for themselves but they need others around them to mirror these feelings - to say they're great basically, because they're a bit broken inside. To do this they go to extraordinary lengths to keep people in their orbit tied to them somehow, and they can be very good at making people feel inadequate so they stay in their orbit and to convince themselves they are better than everyone else. if you haven't experienced it then consider yourself lucky they have a talent for warping reality so that everything revolves around them. The site talks about children of narcissists and how they are screwed up to make the parent seem better - the phrase "you're always a disappointment" or an embarrassment is something a narcissist parent would say to their child for example. Edit: psychology today has lots of interesting info e.g. https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/articles/200601/field-guide-narcissism https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/articles/200601/field-gui...