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Covert Narcissist 

Very thin-skinned, fragile ego, insecure yet entitled, self-centered, lacking in empathy and having a very low emotional IQ. They only care about themselves and view people as objects and pawns rather than human beings. They feed off of admiration, compliments & attention yet are never able to congratulate or thank you. If they offer an apology you can be sure it is insincere and only serves to regain control of their victims. They are just as manipulative as overt narcissists, and often more dangerous because you don’t see them coming. They yet come off as quiet, shy, sweet, innocent, & frequently charming. They do not seem to be a threat so you allow them into your lives unsuspecting, and they tear through your world like a tornado once they gain your trust. They lie, belittle, misuse, disrespect, control, and otherwise manipulate their prey into submission. Their tools are guilt, shame, blame, cat & mouse games and gaslighting. They punish you with passive agressive behavior, the silent treatment, put downs, and other subtle methods. They refuse to take responsibility for their actions and always twist everything around and turn it back on you. They can eventually become mentally, emotionally, physically and/or sexually abusive. They frequently will fly into a complete rage and break things. They may kill your pets or worse your children or you if their rage becomes explosive enough. They lack the ability to understand or control their emotions.
Covert Narcissist

I told Hunter I didn’t like him flirting with other girls in front of me and I end up being blamed for not trusting him and somehow he is now the victim. I’m still scratching my head.

I asked Jane if she minded that I chose the restaurant today and all the sudden I don’t “understand what it was like to be the overlooked middle child”. WTH?!

William flew into a narcissistic rage when I told him I felt like he was just using me for sex. He said I was sexist to assume all men can’t think with both heads at the same time.
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no-no narcissist 

That entirely self-centered person who reflexively says no to everything you say in order to re-state whatever they think even if it is exactly what you just said.
There is nothing quite as annoying as having to endure a conversation with a no-no narcissist.

soft narcissist

The worst type of narcissist and all around pretender, capable of acting like they have empathy, sympathy, are altruistic and act as if they want to be in a relationship. In reality, they are not capable of connecting and forming normal attachment bonds with others.
Creating a false reality that earns them respect and status, no one is truly close to the soft narcissist for their castle would crumble if anyone realized who they really were.

In need of constant praise, most often from the opposite sex, their victims are left feeling unworthy, like they are "never enough," suspicious and due to the myriad of lies, untrusting.

Soft narcissists use the same tactics to drag people into their web as the outward narcissist does, unfortunately because it seems as if they're "nice," their victims spend even longer in relationships with them before realizing it's all a big horrific show and THEY are the clown.
Breadcrumbing, deceit, gas lighting, devaluation and discarding... It's the same cycle, just softer.
She spent years of her life waiting for this "nice" guy to wake up and come around, only to realize after all the bread crumbing that he was just a soft narcissist, stringing her along.

Sexual Narcissist

Beong so infatuated with yourself that you get turned on by just looking in a mirror.
Megan: Did you hear that Jake's a sexual narcissist?

Rachel: Yeah I hear he jacked off to a picture of himself last night.

co-narcissist 

A friend or collaborator which one retains solely for the purpose of wasting huge amounts of time producing really shitty art in vain pursuit of personal fame and rightfully unsolicited self-expression
"A few years ago, Jeremy tried to put together an album with three of his co-narcissists from the church band, but it didn't go anywhere, thank God."

facebook narcissist 

someone who thinks every time you post or update your status on facebook, it is about him/her.
Steve is a facebook narcissist because every time I update my status on facebook, he believes I am talking about or to him.
facebook narcissist by DeterTX June 15, 2011

techno-narcissist 

One who obsessively tweets, FB updates, blogs, posts video of himself all in the name of shameless self-promotion (generally without actually having a skill or talent to promote)
Mark can't stop publicizing the minutiae of his life- in the twelve status updates he posts daily, his twenty a day tweeting habit, his obsession with posting vids of himself on Youtube doing nothing.

"Mark had pizza for lunch today."

"Mark is on an escalator".

"Mark is in a parking lot." No one cares Mark. Stop being such a techno-narcissist.
techno-narcissist by Andri819 November 5, 2009