Can a Narcissist Change? #narcissism

In this interview, personality disorders and narcissism expert Dr. Ramani Durvasula talks about whether or not a Narcissist can truly change their behavior and how to navigate this delicate relationship.

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[johnanthonycafe]

I thought I was a narcissist. Turns out I was just an arsehole. What a relief.

[cavelleardiel]

I think I am going to create a dating site just for narcs. They can be with each other.

[philnewman]

My experience is that when a narcissist no longer holds power to be the bully, they become the victim with hurt feelings. Aggression becomes passive aggression.

[uszguyc]

Love the camera flips to an empty couch

[morestore]

Almost all narcissists are like a king in their world. They nearly demand worship and obedience.

[lino]

Getting older makes narcissm more sneaky, more subtle.

[ZovaBe]

My narcissistic dad sends this lady's videos to my mother and it blows my mind his complete lack of self awareness when watching these videos. He tells her she does to him what he literally does to her. It's actually insane and breaks my brain.

[senaheartsong]

Basically, they're broken forever. We just all need to stay away and save ourselves the drama.

[Artfulmisfit]

"They don't tend to retain that growth" 100% correct.

[StellaChristelle]

The malignant narcissist gets much worse with age, meaner and more destructive.

[DiabolicalKKK]

Absolutely true. Some days I thought we were getting somewhere. That he was becoming a better person for the sake of our baby, but it only takes a bad day to truly reveal themselves as they are

[ricky]

One of the best feelings in this world is the feeling of having and open mind and being able to change your views when confronted with new information that goes against what you believed.

[loribridgett-knox]

The narcissist stops the toxic behavior at their death. Period. 🥺

[RootLady-nfwh]

I unknowinglingly trained a narcissist to be empathetic..but all he did was put that into his "bag of tricks"...DISENGAGE IMMEDIATELY WASTE YOUR YEARS LIKE I DID!!!THEY ARE SUPER SNEAKY AND CLEVER!

[Lemonlife-]

This is very true.
And a narcissist will also use this for their advantage. They know that they have a certain capacity for empathy or understanding or kindness. So let’s say, after a fight, they stretch themselves out to to show and act upon these things. And for second, they have your food that they’ve changed since they are different from what you know them to be.
And right when everything seems OK and you feel happy again. Life will throw you some challenges like it does and they will get worse than they were before since they will blame you on top of the challenge for the effort they had to make to maintain whatever they were maintaining to keep you happy. But don’t get fooled. They are not trying to change themselves even temporarily to make you happy. It’s just strategy to keep the comfortable life that you have gifted them because you didn’t know better.

Stay safe out there❤

[simorrison]

As an outsider looking at narcissists while myself being an empath, It's mind-boggling how much they explode over nothing.

[kw]

A snake may not always bite but a snake will always be a snake. I have to remind myself this over and over to not give my mom just one more chance.

[anacasco]

EXCELLENT explaining... So, we have to accept that SOME people NEVER CHANGE INSIDE! 😥

[DandMProduction]

Dr Ramani is a lifesaver! She's the best at understanding and validating when it comes to your experience dealing with people with NPD

[PreMal]

Narcissists never change they only get better at lying that they have changed.