Noreen Richmond

Malignant Narcissists will go to great lengths to achieve their aim. They can be intelligent, high functioning (hold an important job for example) soft-spoken, charming, tearful/seemingly emotional, gracious, well mannered, kind and have the ability to form relationships. They may lie, falsely accuse, dramatize, smear, cheat, steal, manipulate, accuse, blame or twist to get what they want and feel justified in doing so. Because they are entitled, egocentric and desperate, they do not experience it as wrong. They are determined to gratify their wishes and furious if thwarted. Their desire can be so consuming that there is little comprehension of, respect for or ability to empathize with the other. They lack guilt or remorse and tend to feel or pronounce that it is they who have been mistreated.

John D. Gartner, a psychotherapist who teaches at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland,John D. Gartner, a psychotherapist who teaches at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland,John D. Gartner, a psychotherapist who teaches at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland,