So far, I’ve seen that many of you loved the articles related to the types of narcissistic disorder.
Today, we will cover an overt narcissist, a type many haven’t heard of yet.
Is it hard to spot an overt narcissus? I wouldn’t say so because their main personality trait is huge arrogance.
With being arrogant, there come some other characteristics no one likes in people – constant need for attention, boastfulness, as well as huge self-importance.
The problem with an overt narcissist is that they will appear very self-confidence, so those may be some successful people from your workplace. Deep inside them lays a huge amount of self-insecurity so they are always searching for achieving new goals and ways to get the admiration from others.
They are competitive and dominant, and even interpersonally – an overt narcissist always wants to lead and control, literally everyone.
Explicating others to achieve their own needs and desires is very common with this type. The difference between them and a covert narcissist is that their actions are very clear and you will be able to spot them easily.
As other sorts of narcissists, they lack empathy and don’t care for people around themselves. The only thing they care about is to get whatever they have imagined in their heads.
Many people claim that they have met overt narcissists at work. They love leading roles.
How can you protect yourself from an overt narcissist? I would always recommend the following:
- Setting boundaries. As with all other toxic people that affect your life in a negative manner, you have to be sure that you’ve set clear and strong boundaries with them.
- Remember that direct arguments with these people are just a waste of your precious energy. Instead, focus on ignoring their aggression bursts. Stay composed.
- Never share information with them. Once you’ve succeeded in minimizing a contact with an overt narcissist, remember not to share much information with them because they can use them against you in the future.
- Don’t take it personally. Don’t think their bad behavior is ever about you or something you’ve done. It’s all about them. For example, you can just remove the ME word from everything they do to understand how bad these people are. Instead of saying, they didn’t care for ME, just say they didn’t care. They didn’t check on ME – they didn’t check. They didn’t reply to me – they didn’t reply. So, you get it – they didn’t care, didn’t check on, didn’t reply…
- Documenting it all out. If they are very aggressive and if you are worried about your safety, don’t forget to document their actions because they will later deny it happened.
