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3 Major Reasons Why Narcissists Envy You

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By Empathic WarriorPublished 4 years ago 3 min read
3 Major Reasons Why Narcissists Envy You
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It is no secret for those who have studied narcissism extensively to know that these people are phenomenally envious people.

When they have set their eyes on a TARGET, not a victim, we are TARGETS to them; they will set out to destroy that person on the sole basis of them being envious.

Narcissists are driven by envy, which is the main reason for their behavior. They are constantly comparing themselves to others and viewing them as a threat.

This feeling of being threatened drives the narcissist to manipulate, lie, provoke conflict, or create drama to feel better about themselves.

Narcissists also live in fear of being abandoned, so they will become aggressive when they feel their partner is drifting away from them.

In this article, I want to give you the three main reasons why these people are envious of you and what you need to do to keep yourself intact.

3 Major Reasons Why Narcissists Envy You

1 – Insecurity

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Narcissistic people are immensely insecure people.

All they do is compare themselves with other people and then HATE a person for being better than them.

Mind you, they may never actually try working on improving themselves, but that will not stop them from hating you and trying to destroy your life.

In their warped deranged minds, if they can destroy your life and make you a failure, then they become a success.

“I made them fail ALL BY MYSELF…I am amazing for destroying someone as great as they.”

They have a warped sense of what it means to be successful, and envy only helps to cloud that judgment even more.

2 – Innate Feeling

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I do believe that narcissists are un-evolved people. They operate very much out of their reptilian brain, hence is why they are all about their own survival.

They will use anyone if they think that it will better their survival.

Narcissists are like reptiles, so much of their actions which appear to us, evolved and mature beings, can appear as envy — but it may very well be that they are not mentally functioning at the same capacity that normal people are.

We know that for psychopaths and narcissists, the art of the brain where empathy is located does not function.

3 – Inferiority Complex

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Narcissists have an inferiority complex.

This is not to say all of them do because some narcissists are so deluded into believing they are the greatest things to walk this planet.

However, many narcissists have a massive level of inferiority, and this is the major reason they envy others and work so hard to keep others from succeeding.

As the saying goes, “if people ain’t hatin, you doing something wrong.”

And with narcissists, this is how they are.

They envy and hate those who they feel and think is better than them.

How To Deal With Them

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It can be challenging to deal with a narcissist. The best way is to give them the attention they crave and then walk away as soon as possible.

It can be helpful to schedule sessions where you just sit and listen, not getting involved in any debates and letting them talk until they're done.

Once you've done this, it's important to resist the urge to retaliate to any insults you might have been subject to.

Learn to walk away from these people.

They will never stop trying to make your life as hard as it can be.

By walking away you aren't running away, you are taking yourself from their toxic hands.

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Empathic Warrior

Narcissism exist. Toxic people exist. And so do EMPATHIC WARRIORS EXIST.

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  • Editors HHM IT3 years ago

    The Narcissist Will Not Accept That You Don't Want Them https://youtu.be/luQJRNSwJLw

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