Monday 15 April 2019

8 Ways Narcissists, Sociopaths, and Toxic People Blend into Society

a post by Darius Cikanavicius for the Psychology of Self blog [via World of Psychology]



It’s Prevalent

People with strong narcissistic, sociopathic, psychopathic, and other dark traits have been studied and observed for a very long time. There are many articles and books analyzing both their behavior and their psyche.

And yet, there are still many people with strong narcissistic, sociopathic, psychopathic, and other dark traits. Most people have worked with or around somebody like that, been raised by or around somebody like that, or have been in a close relationship with somebody like that. Everyone has probably had the misfortune of dealing with somebody like that in one capacity or another.

When you look at these dark traits on a societal level, there are large segments of certain populations, even countries, that exhibit these traits. So why is this happening? How do these kinds of people blend into society and affect it so much?

In this article we will look at common tactics people with strong dark personality traits (hereafter narcissists) use to function in our society.

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