3. Don’t over share personal information
Narcissists are always trying to learn as much information about you as possible. The more personal information you give to a narcissist, the more ammunition they have to use against you. All the information about you, the narcissists will use them against you at a later date, that’s just how they operate.
So whatever you share with them, they will use at a later date to either, humiliate, ridicule, manipulate, or even blackmail. Many times the way to use this information against you until you’re in a very vulnerable position, or maybe you’re in need. Do not share any information with someone you think could possibly be a narcissist, that they could ever use against you. The less you share with people like this the better.
4. Don’t assume they share your virtues
A big mistake empathetic people make is that we assume that all people are empathetic and compassionate, and actually care about doing the right thing. We tend to project our core character traits onto everyone else around us, and that is a very big problem when we do this with a narcissist.
It’s hard for us to understand that there are people in this world who are just looking for an opportunity to take advantage of you, and in the most deceitful and deceptive ways – usually disguised as an angel or hero-, but there are, you just cannot make any assumptions when it comes to a person’s virtues in their character.
You must only base your beliefs about someone based on consistent patterns of behavior, and many times it will take time for you to know for sure. Do not believe that everyone else thinks and feels the way you do, this can be dangerous and can get you into a lot of trouble.
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