5 Weird Eating Habits of a Narcissist
- Some narcissists experience a “delurgasm” when eating.
Let me explain this further. My father used to tell us all sorts of stories while eating. He would intentionally wait for us to come together, and the moment we would start eating, there he goes, talking about his day, how he shamed a certain person, belittled someone who worked under him, and how he received all the attention in the office. He would relive the same excitement he felt when bringing those people down, whether in reality or in his fantasy.
We, as observers—especially me—could see the grandiosity, arrogance, pride, entitlement, delusion, and narcissism oozing from his facial expressions as he kept reliving that fantasy. Nobody knows if he was feeding us a bunch of lies or telling the truth, but how is it possible that he was the only person to win every single time, or be the hero in every situation he shared? This is why I call it “delurgasm,” because for these people to narrate these stories is like experiencing an orgasm—of their delusions. They live their fantasies and feel the excitement as they get supply from those listening. Back then, as children, we believed it; this is what we call shared fantasy. His fantasy became our fantasy.
- Some narcissists eat meticulously, as if seeking perfection.
Narcissists eat meticulously as if seeking perfection. This is the opposite of the first point. Narcissists are controlling and rigid in general, but some manifest that controlling nature when eating. They exert control not only over how they eat, but also over how others eat around them, which is crazy. They want you to sit a certain way, have certain table manners, and it’s not about having good manners; it’s all about how they want you to chew, what they want you to look at, and how they want you to place your utensils.
For the narcissist, everything is a show in their delusional mind; they act as if it’s a performance and they are being watched. One small mistake, and you get psychologically tortured. Why? Because you disrupted the show. It’s a grand performance of which you are a part. Why don’t you understand? It’s a very fake thing going on; you can’t be yourself. There is no room for it, so how dare you express yourself?
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