As you invest in your primary relationships, there are certain basics you’ll want to maintain to ensure the relationship brings the deepest level of reward. A healthy relationship should bring out the best in you and inspire those around you to become their best selves. Among the key characteristics of such relationships are openness, mutual curiosity, and accountability.
OPENNESS, MUTUAL CURIOSITY, ACCOUNTABILITY
It’s essential to foster a sense of teamwork in your relationships. This means saying, “I want to share who I am with you, and I want to know who you are,” so you can combine resources, encourage each other, and grow together as time passes. That’s how healthy relationships work.
Now, let’s consider what happens when a narcissist enters the mix. Narcissists disrupt these healthy dynamics. NARCISSISTS DON’T WANT TEAMWORK. Instead, they want you to join their team—but on their terms. To them, that means being subordinate. Narcissists construct narratives in which they are the hero, the winner, and the one who knows best. They lack honesty and resist being part of the group; instead, they position themselves as above it.
Self-revelation is uncomfortable for narcissists. They are calculated, constantly angling for their advantage. As a result, there are certain truths and vulnerabilities they will not access within themselves. Below are eight questions narcissists cannot answer because doing so would require a level of honesty they don’t possess.
1. What are some of your deepest hurts?
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