I want to thank my narcissistic parents, for turning me into a narcissist

Believing all of that made me a lot of money. Gave me the confidence to believe I could do jobs I had never done and to lie about just the right things in job interviews without feeling anxious, to believe I could figure out how the stock market worked.

It made me believe I could write software and create hardware. Basically fix anything I got my hands on. And then most of the time it just self fulfilled from there on. It really isn't a bad survival strategy. It might not give you the most fun in life. But it sure as hell can make you successful. I really don't think I would have amounted to much given my background. Statistically speaking I should be an unemployed poor failure (abused kid without college degree from a single parent family on welfare). Instead I'm upper middle class.

That doesn't justify it. But it wasn't done intentionally. And that's the thing really. It wasn't done on purpose.

Also, the only narcissist that I know that cured himself, got it the same way you did. So I have a suspicion that narcissists that weren't created through abuse might be able to undo it. I could be wrong of course. But it's worth a try.

Make sure not to fall into a victim trap. No one ever got better by feeling sorry for themselves. Once you identify with being a victim, you will unconsciously try to stay one.

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