Sometimes they’re great apologizers – but they never mean it. It’s just meant to get you off their back. They can get physically abusive.Ī covert narcissists number one priority is to look good, and they care a lot about their reputation, and that they’re well liked, well respected, and so they will do many things to cover their tracks.Īn overt narcissist won’t apologize for anything. Michael Frank: It sounds like you’re describing every rapper that “just doesn’t give a fuck”ĭebbie Mirza: Exactly. Michael Frank: How does covert vs overt narcissism manifest differently?ĭebbie Mirza: Covert and overt narcissists have the exact same traits, but the overt is more obvious. My hunch is that there are more covert than overt narcissists, but it’s difficult to say for sure because they’re the last people to book themselves in for therapy. Michael Frank: Are there more covert or overt narcissists?ĭebbie Mirza: That’s a tough one. It’s not like something is wrong in their brain. ![]() But we have to remember that these people have freewill just like us. I find it interesting that a lot of people say that it’s a disorder, implying that they really have no control over it, and I see that NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder) is clumped with the cluster B disorders and it’s in a different category than bipolar and schizophrenia and things like that that have to do with chemical imbalances. Debbie Mirza: I personally think it’s a learned behavior.
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