Number five, their grooming behavior may change.
The way they treat their body completely changes. They groom more than usual and become obsessed with their appearance, sometimes even acting younger than their real age.
There’s nothing wrong with grooming or taking care of how you look. But when a narcissist does it in this context, it’s about being perceived—not self-care.
They pay much more attention to how they look, how much they weigh, and how they’re perceived. They constantly look in the mirror and groom themselves all the time.
Their body has to look “perfect.” Their hair has to be perfect. Their lips have to look perfect. Their face has to be lifted, and they obsess over wrinkles and everything else.
It can almost become body dysmorphia. They get obsessed with their fat percentage and their protein intake—only for one reason: to move attention and to attract the person they’re trying to charm.
If it’s a somatic or sexual narcissist, this obsession may already have been present—but it intensifies at this point.
They become fixated on their appearance for one reason: to get attention and make someone fall for their “charisma” and looks.
Another delusional part: they may believe they’re much younger than they actually are. They might be in their fifties, but they want to believe they’re in their twenties—and they act that way.
That’s bizarre and unacceptable, because it’s clearly not true. They don’t want to accept aging. If they did, they would have to accept they’re getting weaker, getting older, and that their charisma is fading.
Instead, they delusionally believe they’re younger—and then try to make it a reality. Even with plastic surgery or face-lifts, it still doesn’t fix the underlying pattern.
Have you experienced this? Did you witness this in the narcissist you’re dealing with? If yes, drop your experiences in the comments below.
6) They brush off cheating stories as lies
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