Number 3: Some narcissists eat meticulously as if seeking perfection.
This is the opposite of number one. Narcissists are controlling and rigid in general, but some manifest that controlling nature when eating. They do not exert that control only on how they are eating but also on how others are eating around them, which is crazy. They would want you to sit a certain way. They would want you to have certain table manners, and it’s not about having table manners. It’s all about how they want you to chew, what they want you to look at, what they want you to touch, in what manner, and how they want you to place a spoon. This is not a show. Well, for the narcissist, everything is a show. In their crazy delusional mind, they act as if it’s a performance and they are being watched. One small mistake and you get psychologically tortured. Why?
A Book: Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men.
Because you disrupted the show. It’s a grand show of which you are a part. You make it possible for them. It’s a performance. Why don’t you understand? It’s a very fake thing going on. You can’t be yourself. There is no room for it. So how dare you express yourself? How dare you eat in a particular way? Why did you look at your brother when eating? This is crazy. This is cruel. This is robotic, but that is how it is with these narcissists who tend to be more somatic in nature. They tend to be attracted towards elegance and perfection, but it’s all about control. It has nothing to do with elegance; it has nothing to do with sophistication. It’s all about being extremely controlling and exerting that control on others.
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