Does a Narcissist know?

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I had a chat with my brother this morning because one really evil aunt who has money has tormented my mom for years and she still does it. That lady is a complete narcissist. But I just had to ask myself, is she even aware of her own behavior.

My brother told me that narcissists do not realize that they are narcissists. But is this really always the case? Considering your parents’ abuse and narcissism are both cycles of abuse from their parents, do you think they realize it? What about the ones that are deceptively smart at taking advantage of people, do they know?

It’s very common for people to say that narcissists will do anything to lie and manipulate their way through life. Is it really that they don’t know or do they pretend not to? There's a chance that the disorder’s stigma and their ego are at odds, and a lot of people are really just in denial about it.

Although the self centeredness of some people justifies their toxic behavior, some people relish and find pride and joy in causing the pain. The vast majority honestly think they are in the right and will neglect, ignore or even rewrite the past to align with their own wrong beliefs.

I hear some people say that some narcissists go to therapy just to learn to manipulate people better. That's just messed up. So what about parents who do admit to it or hear about it in therapy and own it? Should they use it as an excuse to be abusive? Never. There's no excuse to abusing a person let alone a family member.

It is disappointing to see family members learn toxic behavior from one another and that's what makes it dangerous, socialization. A kid could get it from a parent and not even know it. A self centered behavior is one thing, but doing it in a way that is self serving is a whole new level of toxic behavior. It’s almost like they keep creating more and more evidence that they are not doing anything wrong. After all, our family is family and family members are always right, right? At least until it inconveniences them.

Some know they are, some don't. For those that do, some try to be good and some just make an excuse to be worse and those ones are the terrible ones.

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