5 Things That Terrify a Narcissist to their Core

Narcissists are terrified of authentic individuals—empathetic truth-tellers who challenge them. They can’t stand whistleblowers who refuse to see them as the powerful entity they pretend to be. They crave empathy yet simultaneously fear it, believing that others are merely pretending to be kind.

Authenticity is a core value that they cannot strip away from you, no matter how hard they try. Though they might trigger doubts and trauma-based alterations, those can heal, while the narcissist remains unchanged. They cannot handle your truth-telling, as it dismantles their illusion of power.

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