Narcissists Love Watching You Suffer
Narcissists don’t fail to notice your suffering, they take joy in it.
While narcissists can be annoying due to their total self-absorption and tendency to seek attention and admiration from others, some possess a darker side. Sometimes referred to as malignant narcissists, these individuals take great pleasure in watching or causing others to suffer.
Malignant narcissists are basically bullies, who enjoy tormenting insecure people in order to make themselves feel like they are worth something. If you aren’t insecure when you come into contact with these people, they will do everything they can to make you that way. This is something else they put in their “win” column.
Secretly, narcissists envy others. Their black and white thinking makes it so they can’t accept others accomplishments. They fear these achievements will detract from how people view them. Narcissists believe that when others do something admirable it makes them look bad and takes attention away from them. Unable to tolerate this, they will find ways to publicly shame and humiliate others for what they’ve achieved believing that shaming others will make the narcissist stand out as the real achiever.
However, narcissists often have few interests and all their time is consumed by making sure they…
