3 Ways Narcissists Take Advantage of You

Narcissists are great manipulators. Watch out for these tactics.

Tell You This is “Confidential”

Narcissists tell you some “fact” like you are the only other person that now knows about it. “Now listen, don’t tell anyone this, but I’m a top-secret FBI spy infiltrating the Trump administration to find out how he eats 45 cheeseburgers a day and his heart hasn’t given out yet.”

Asks all About You

Narcissists know people love to talk about themselves any chance they get. The get you to talk about your life while giving up little information on theirs. You say, “Well, that’s the whole story about how I passed my first kidney stone while sobbing and listening to the Cure. What’s going on in your life?”

Asks for a Favor Only You Can Give

Narcissists ask for favors and make it seem you like you are special for taking care of it. At work, she’ll say, “Hi Gretchen, I love how you are so good at Excel spreadsheets. Can you do my taxes for years 2005 through 2018. I’m asking you because you are a number-crunching star!”

Take your taxes and put ’em where Excel doesn’t load properly.