The Deceptive Duo: Narcissist and Cheating

Have you ever come across a person who seems too good to be true yet ends up breaking your heart? If yes, then you might have just encountered the deceptive duo of a narcissist and cheating. These two go hand in hand, like peanut butter and jelly or Batman and Robin (except way more toxic).

If it sounds like I’m speaking from experience, well…you’re not wrong. But let’s not focus on my personal life right now—instead, we’ll dive into what it means to encounter this pairing of malicious personalities.

What is Narcissism?

Before we delve deeper into the connection between narcissism and cheating behavior, let’s define what exactly is meant by “narcissism.” Narcissism refers to an extreme preoccupation with oneself that goes beyond normal self-love or confidence. Individuals with this personality trait exhibit an exaggerated sense of their own importance alongside a lack of empathy for others’ feelings.

It doesn’t take long for someone dealing with a narcissist to realize how difficult they can be; everything revolves around them thanks to their inflated ego.

Now throw infidelity into the mix—the results can get even uglier.

A Match Made in Toxic Heaven

As mentioned earlier, those who deceive through cheating often display features similar to that of a narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). Both are manipulative strategies aimed at fulfilling one’s egocentric desires regardless of who they hurt along the way.

The following table highlights some common traits shown by both cheaters & NPD sufferers:

Cheating Narccisim
Makes decisions based on selfish motives Believes they are superior
Serial infidelity Seeks constant admiration
Rationalizes bad behaviour No ability for empathy

Combined together these elements form a lethal pair that wreaks havoc on those who encounter them.

How Narcissism Fuels Cheating

While every narcissist is not an infidel, their inflated ego can increase the likelihood of cheating. Narcissists crave attention and admiration from others, so if they feel as if they are no longer receiving enough of it in a relationship or are feeling bored, dishonesty may seem like an appealing way to receive more excitement.

In fact, some researchers have found a positive correlation between NPD and infidelity; for example:

“Individuals high in narcissism evaluated romantic partners with whom they’d had extradyadic sexual encounters more positively than did low-narcissistic participants” (Foster et al., 2017).

This suggests that when someone is overly self-absorbed—hence prone towards creating such manipulative situations—they tend to rationalize cheating as something normal while disregarding other people’s feelings.

So what’s next after discovering your partner has been cheat? Before discussing this let’s first look into common signs one might be dating a narcissist.

Signs You Are Dating A Narcissist

To avoid falling prey to these toxic personalities here are some warning signs that could indicate you’re dealing with a possible narcissist:

  1. They only talk about themselves
  2. Strange tone shifts when talking about past relationships
  3. Obsessive behavior and preoccupation with looks / appearance

If any of these apply too closely to someone you’ve been seeing, take note! In most cases involving a malignant personality type such as these two combine together means ‘RUN!’

But for those looking to handle things maturely regardless finding out about their significant other’s unfaithfulness read on.

What To Do When Your Partner Is A Deceptive Duo?

If your partner exhibits behaviors seen within both NPD & serial cheating then its clear how difficult addressing confrontational issues would become. Before deciding anyway below are some steps you should follow:

  1. Communicate and negotiate
  2. Set boundaries
  3. Compromise (if a negotiation is reached)

Bringing up infidelity may be challenging This often leads to emotional blackmail as they try to shift the blame on you or gaslight their way out of it screams internally. Therefore, compartmentalization is key since discussing matters like these when emotionally charged could lead in backlashes.

Narcissist individuals believe themselves superior so any action meant to hold them accountable might only push them away more thereby exacerbating the situation.

Conclusion

Simply put, dealing with narcissistic personalities or those cheating in relationships can be volatile affairs, but dealing with both combined together—well good luck!

By understanding what these personality types look like—both separately and how they come intertwined—it becomes easier identifying if your partner’s behavior stems from toxic endemic or adaptive mechanisms making it easier determining whether the relationship stands for enough effort while avoiding getting played by deceptively dangerous duos.

As always—the power remains ultimately within individual hands—if you felt powerless confronting any issue then running at sight would be the next best option without trying hard questioning yourself \ \”’takes notes here guys”’.

Writing this piece was just another challenge tossed my way & hopefully dear reader amongst everything else mentioned above has found a few moments of laughter & perspective reading through to its end so far.

This writer seeks no validation simply due gratitude – whilst things do not make sense now trust that eventually everything falls into place 🙂

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