5 Insidious Reasons Covert Narcissists Are So Incredibly Convincing
How can anyone believe them?
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4 min readMar 15, 2022
You’ve broken up with a covert narcissist and you’re starting to hear stories.
Now that you’re no longer together, friends and family are starting to share things they’ve heard over the years.
You’re dumbfounded that ANYONE could believe these things. They are utterly ridiculous and easily disproven.
Yet, you start to realize there are hundreds of people who have heard these stories — and believe them.
How can the covert narcissist be so convincing?
Covert narcissists are incredibly convincing for 5 reasons
#1 Covert narcissists believe what they say is true
They believe their idealized self, their persona, is who they are. They also believe their made-up version of reality is real.
They have gaslit themselves into believing that they are
- Honest
- Trustworthy
- Considerate
- Loyal
- Hard-working
- Generous
- Victims
