{"id":13939,"date":"2018-10-07T16:41:56","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T16:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/?p=13939"},"modified":"2018-10-07T16:41:56","modified_gmt":"2018-10-07T16:41:56","slug":"recommended-5-ways-narcissists-compensate-for-their-inferiority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/recommended-5-ways-narcissists-compensate-for-their-inferiority\/","title":{"rendered":"[RECOMMENDED] 5 Ways Narcissists Compensate for Their Inferiority"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\u201cSome people try to be tall by cutting off the heads of others.\u201d\u00a0\u2014 Paramahansa Yogananda<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The above quote is taken from the expert article I've previewed\/linked below, written by Prof. Preston Ni (Author of \" How to Successfully Handle Narcissists\", and \"A Practical Guide for Narcissists to Change Towards the Higher Self\").<\/p>\n<p>The article in discussing 5 attributes of persons\u00a0\"Narcissistic Personality Disorder\" has opened my eyes to the fact that I KNOW two people with this disorder.<\/p>\n<p>And I NOW understand why they act the way they do - which has deeply bothered me for YEARS!<\/p>\n<h3>Sadly, with regard to author's question \"Can a narcissist change for the better? \", what I know about BOTH persons from over a decade and a half of interacting with each one of them, convinces me they are simply incapable of changing for the better.<\/h3>\n<p>One must therefore try as hard as possible to minimize contact with them, to avoid negative consequences that often result from doing so.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To put it another way: i consider both of them toxic personalities.<\/strong> My experiences tell me maintaining good mental health requires being able to identify persons with this disorder, so as to effectively manage their impact on oneself.<\/p>\n<p>This is why I strongly recommend that YOU read it.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck!<\/p>\n<p>========<\/p>\n<h2>5 Ways Narcissists Compensate for Their Inferiority<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>Posted Jul 29, 2018<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome people try to be tall by cutting off the heads of others.\u201d \u2014 Paramahansa Yogananda<\/p>\n<p>\"However other people make you feel is always a reflection of how the world makes them feel.\" \u2014 Anonymous psychologist<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Mayo Clinic research group defines narcissistic personality disorder as \u201ca mental disorder in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance and a deep need for admiration. Those with narcissistic personality disorder believe that they're superior to others and have little regard for other people's feelings. But behind this mask of ultra-confidence lies a fragile self-esteem, vulnerable to the slightest criticism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading...<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/communication-success\/201807\/5-ways-narcissists-compensate-their-inferiority\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13940\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13940\" src=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/narcissist.png\" alt=\"narcissist\" width=\"580\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/narcissist.png 819w, http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/narcissist-300x237.png 300w, http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/narcissist-768x608.png 768w, http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/narcissist-150x119.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/communication-success\/201807\/5-ways-narcissists-compensate-their-inferiority\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/communication-success\/201807\/5-ways-narcissists-compensate-their-inferiority<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSome people try to be tall by cutting off the heads of others.\u201d\u00a0\u2014 Paramahansa Yogananda The above quote is taken from the expert article I've previewed\/linked below, written by Prof. Preston Ni (Author of \" How to Successfully Handle Narcissists\", and \"A Practical Guide for Narcissists to Change Towards the Higher Self\"). The article in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1375,266,1440],"tags":[3408],"class_list":["post-13939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-excel-vb-solutions","category-my-dn-travel-news","category-recommended-websites-articles","tag-recommended-5-ways-narcissists-compensate-for-their-inferiority"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":967,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13939"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13942,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13939\/revisions\/13942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}