Does a narcissist feel any real remorse when someone or thing dies such as if they run over an animal?

Answer 1

A narcissist is pretty close to an arrogant person. Yes, they do actually care what other people think of them or if they hurt others, but they would like you to believe otherwise. Usually narcissistic people have been hurt in some way, so they put a wall up. Often people that have had a very rough time in life will quite often put up a wall to protect themselves. From the narcissistic people I have encountered I do find they use their "private time" to express their feelings. There are people out there with absolutely no remorse and will give themselves all types of excuses to make themselves feel right, but narcissistic people a usually not included in this.

Narcissists imitate emotions in order to attrcat attention and sympathy (forms of narcissistic supply).

According to the psychological structure, "Narcissism" is an obsessive interest in oneself. This obsession with the self runs the gamut from vanity (preening in the mirror) to downright God-complexes. Nevertheless, narcissists have feelings. Are narcissists sensitive? Let us define "sensitive." In its most exacting definition, "sensitive" means more aware of other people's feelings than one's own feelings. In most psychological opinion, narcissists are considered over- or hyper-sensitive. This does not mean that narcissists care more about other people than the average person. In fact, it means just the opposite. It means that THEIR feelings are more likely to be hurt (if you can get their attention away from themselves in the first place!). Thus, narcissists are not "sensitive" (liable to be touched someone else's feelings)... they are "delicate" (more apt to touched by their OWN feelings). Remorse is indeed a feeling, and it has two sides. First, it applies towards what has happened to another person or creature. Second, it applies to what has happened to oneself. For example, let us say that a man runs over a dog. Most people have both of sides of remorse run through them. First, a person generally feels bad for what has happened to the dog and its owner and perhaps anyone in the vicinity who may have been affected by the accident. Second, a person generally feels fear for what will happen next -- citations, civil suits, revenge, trauma to oneself. In narcissistic behavior, one would see more of the latter. However, let us not be hasty to attribute labels based on incidents or moments in time. Narcissism as a pathology must be identified over a longer period of time. Even so, all humans have the element of narcissism with them. It is called the Survival Instinct. In this regard, we are all narcissistic to some extent. A person who is PATHOLOGICALLY narcissistic is predominantly in Survival mode, and normally asks "What will happen to ME?" or "How does this affect ME?" It is not that a narcissist does not feel empathy or sympathy towards others, it is simply that fear and adrenaline overcome his or her better nature. How does one overcome narcissism? To begin, the narcissist must understand that there are bigger, more important things than one's own security and perfectionism. The narcissist must stop relying on the soothing words of his or her enabling partner (accomplice) and instead rely on the soothing word of God, who is bigger than any person or nation. Vanity is useless in front of a God who knows your heart. Faith overcomes fear and allows the narcissist to "let things happen." How many people do we know who say "it's all about me!" These would benefit greatly from helping others, but those gestures are empty without the appreciation that a narcissist craves. God fills that void.

Answer 2

They don't care. I'd say more, but it would take away from the main point: they don't care. Want me to say it again? They do not care. "Why would I apologize about something? If I was going to be sorry, I wouldn't have done it in the first place." OKAAAAY you ginormous narcissist. So beyond being a normal human, aren't you? Go be awesome somewhere else.