A BRIEF GUIDE TO NARCISSISTIC PREDATORS

Not all persons suffering from Severe Narcissistic Personality Disorder (SNPD) become compulsive child molesters or remorseless serial killers. But even the less extreme NPDs should be considered dangerous.

SNPDs come from all walks of life, from all classes and professions. These are the people who never take responsibility for their actions and are never motivated to create mature relationships. All of their relationships are manipulative and exploitative and exist only to serve their own ends.

The distinguishing characteristics of these individuals are that they are extremely charming and emotionally and psychologically manipulative. They are exploitative, cunning and glib. They even may appear to be capable of empathy and deep feeling, but it is all an act. After squeezing someone’s energies and assets dry, they will heartlessly discard them and go on to their next victim. Ironically many SNPDs have a well-developed form of psychic radar that identifies and homes in on others’ soft spots and vulnerabilities very quickly.

Although devoid of empathy themselves, SNPDs are expert at exploiting the empathy of others. Sometimes they pose as victims, exaggerating their suffering to elicit a sympathetic response in others—an exploitative perversion of the normal human emotion of compassion comparable to perversions by another type of psychopath of the normal human sexual emotions.

People with low self esteem frequently fall victim to these charming psychic predators, because SNPDs appeal to their need for approval. They act the part of the perfect partner and when they gain their victim’s confidence, they exploit them emotionally, socially, and especially financially, without mercy.

The importance of being able to spot these sociopaths is to guard against them, protect yourself and get away from them as soon as possible.