Absolutely none! Narcissists think they are more intelligent than anyone else and they delight in baiting their victims (generally their mate.) They are often arrogant, will put down their mate and make them feel stupid and not at par with them in the intelligence bracket. They enjoy their own life in a 'plastic bubble' and on their terms only.
If a narcissist knew they were one they would certainly seek counseling, but, few ever do and especially men and if they should go to see a psychiatrist once or twice, they only feel they are far more intelligent than the professional and will actually play head games and get into debates with them.
Therefore, since this narcissist has not seen the light and doesn't feel the need for counseling you are better off to move on. If you were to breath one word of helping them they would make your live a living hell.
Wanting to feel important and like you can control things..
You can't. Part of being a narcissist means that they cannot possibly be wrong/disordered/need help.
Famale college students cite which reason for smoking not wanting to quit?
Talk to someone that you trust about it and get help.
The question is help them how? Refer them to counseling, but they don't want to be fixed, though you may want to fix them to be a 'normal' person so you can keep a relationship with them. If you are a lay person and in a relationship with a narcissist, you cannot help them. Just by the nature of your relationship and the pathology of a narcissist, things will get ugly, it will be at your expense and there will be no change in the narcissist. A good therapist will be the one to help a narcissist, but it takes a great deal of work on the part of the narcissist, a commitment to healing, only they don't see themselves as 'broken' or anything wrong with them, so an honest introspective communication with a therapist is rare. It's so hard to understand. Leaving them is best for you though and isn't that sad that that is also the way to help a narcissist, because they are sucking your goodness from you and using it to buoy themselves. So sad.
Best guess, it can. There is no other way for a true narcissist to be aware of issues within him or herself.
A narcissist would not want help because he or she would not think there was anything wrong. Therefore, you can't help a narcissist; even when a narcissist is court ordered into therapy, there is little a professional can do to help a person change this personality type.
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Why would ANYONE want to be with a narcissist? A codependent would be about the only type of personality that could tolerate being with a narcissist, and they will pay a terrible price. Dump the narcissist and get some help with the codependency. ACOA, CODA, Al-anon and Nar-anon are as close as your telephone.
Everyperson has their own reasons for wanting power.
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