Why do narcissists lie and why do they struggle to tell the truth? Why do they often lie even when there is no apparent reason for them to lie?
We may begin to question everything including our own sanity. We don’t know what is true or false anymore and things get so crazy that we start to question if the narcissist knows the difference.
How do we reconcile that not only were were lied to, but also the entire relationship that we had with a narcissist was a lie? How do we heal and recover from that?
The 7 Most Common Lies of a Narcissist
- Military Service: seek to use respect people have for the military to impress
- Deep Religious or Spiritual Beliefs: like power and authority –
- Advanced Degrees / Entrepreneur / Successful: so image driven. Stories of how they lost out
- Cheating: portray themselves as best father. On Facebook. “Me thinks thou does protest too much”
- Sex is a big weapon for narcissists and how they suck people in
- Project what they are thinking or doing onto you. If they are thinking of cheating, or cheating they accuse you and become hypersensitive.
- If a narcissist has dreams or talks about that you are going to die, you need to leave immediately.
- Taking credit for other people’s ideas or taking credit for other’s actions
- Outlandish stories
- Money: exaggerate their success. Misrepresent their financial status.