"In narcissistic personaities the experience of emptiness is most intense and almost constant..." (Otto Kernberg, M.D., clinical expert on the narcissistic personality). 

"The narcissist's experience of emotional emptiness is beyond sadness. It is a severe and intractable wounding,..., a pain...savage and deep. The psychological (inner) landscape of the narcissist is bleak. (Freeing Yourself from the Narcissist in Your Life, Linda Martinez-Lew, Ph.D., LMFT). 

As a result the high level narcissist is a very restless human being, always surveying his/her external environment for narcissistic supplies: adulation, praise, self-indulgence, the company of highly attractive men and women, sexual escapes, the pursuit of material indulgence, the company of highly attractive men and women, seeking raw power to control others, manipulation of those whom they experience as competitors. 

"The successful narcissist creates an intricate system of positive feedback in the form of friends, associates, partners, spouses---who perpetually fufill his endless needs." (From Freeing Yourself From the Narcissist in Your LIfe). The narcissist is incapable of having a real relationship with another person. He/she doesn't have a relationship with himself/herself. Everything in his/her life is externalized and the most prized possession of all is the elaborate golden image that he/she creates and perpetuates all of his life.

Deep inside the narcissist experiences himself/herself as psychologically empty. These powerful feelings are unconscious to him.her. At the core the narcissist is full of self loathing, living as a false self, unable to be real, to reciprocate feelings of affection or love. Emotionally he/she is shallow and incaapable of creating or sustaining any authentic human relationships. 

Narcissistic emptiness in many ways drives the high level narcissist's obsessive greed. 

High level narcissists are extraordinarily greedy. Greed is an extreme desire and pursuit to obtain more than what one needs, especially material largesse. They are never satisfied with what they have and are very competitive with other narcissists. 

They always must be at the very pinnacle, the top of the mountain, the guy or girl who takes home all of the marbles (even if he/she steals them from others.) In our current narcissistic society, voracious greed has become acceptable to many people. 

High level narcissists surround themselves with a charmed circle of people who provide him/her with unending narcissistic supplies: praise, adoration, continuous kudos, even worship. These individuals are obsessively loyal to the narcissist as long as they can fuse with his/her grandiosity, extreme self entitlement and delusional world. 

When you learn and understand the dynamics of the high level narcissistic personality, you have gained knowledge, insight and power. Now you understand what makes these individuals function, why they react with such venom and their feverish search for narcissistic supplies to fill up the bottomless pit of their psychological emptiness. 

Learn how to emotionally detach from the high level narcissist and maintain your psychological boundaries. You are entitled to respect and being treated as a separate human being who has intrinsic value, integrity, dignity and wisdom. 

Practice self care each day: rest and sleep that you need and deserve, revitalizing experiences with Nature, meditation as you understand this, movement and exercise that works for you, using your unique creative gifts. 

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The high level predatory narcissist is often found at the upper echelons of power in private and public sectors. To most people they are unrecognizable in this role. These individuals are beyond clever and cunning. They are masters of image, disguise, theatre, seduction. Many attend the finest universities, have the highest credentials in many professional fields. They are exalted in our current society by many, bestowed honors and awards for their important work and looked up to as role models by their peers, followers and friends.

High level narcissistic predators are a special breed. They have climbed and succeeded to the pinnacle of their professions. Almost everyone is fooled by them. Their main focus is in wielding power and manipulating others with great skill through clandestine means. There are no limits to their ambitions. They place themselves strategically to achieve the maximum influence over others whom they view as pawns in their dirty games. 

They learned the art of sizing up people early, have mastered all of the social skills and ways of flattering people into falling for them. They act like team players but behind the scenes they use associates to plot against those who would block their path. They spread lies, create ugly scenarios, defame and plot against those who get in their way. 

The truth comes from those who have shared their private lives with these individuals. It is exhausting and difficult. Partners and spouses finally discover that they can no longer tolerate the abuse and suspect that there is too much immoral and unethical behavior. They must sever these toxic relationships to save themselves and their children. Divorces from these high level predatory narcissists are ugly to the max. 

Those who go forward are relieved and finally free of the psychological imprisonment, secrecy and extreme oxidative stress that they have endured for decades. 

Protect yourself from these highly destructive individuals who have a fixed personality disorder that is not inclined to change. 

Put the emphasis on yourself. Practice self care each day - get the rest and sleep that you deserve, eat high quality nourishing food, organic if possible, good hydration, movement and exercise your way, a form of meditation as you understand this, spend time with Nature the great healer and restorer, reawaken your unique creative gifts. 

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Being "played" means exploited by someone who has no intention of forming a real relationship with you. The high level narcissist makes no commitments, is highly controlling and you become expendable. 

You were a true believer in the limitless power of the high level narcissist. You believed his/her pledge to bind up the psychological wounds of your childhood nightmare. This was your rescue, your salvation you told yourself.

Seeking temporary pleasure of elation, acting out behaviors, you fell hard for the narcissist's artfully wrapped promises, the ancient tale of romantic triumph, the flying carpet of self indulgence.

You rose higher and higher in the thrall of the high level narcissist's hypnotic potion that drove you to fateful distractions: detours and switchbacks leading to endless circles of vapid nowheres. You were lost to yourself countless times, feeling the painful weariness, thinking you could not move forward another step. 

Now you see through the delusions, demands, denials and dark secrets of the high level narcissist.

You stand awakened. Your psychological and emotional stamina hold you steady and true. You tell the high level narcissist with your actions, thoughts, creativity, psychological groundedness, spiritual clarity: "I Can't Be Played." 

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The narcissistic power couple is thriving in today's celebrity obsessed, social media saturate culture. We find narcissistic power couples in all professions: entertainment, politics, high tech, medicine, law, the corporate world. The power couple consists of two high level narcissists who are either married or partnered with one another. 

The mos timportant aspect of their identity is their tandem perfect image, the dul personas that they present to the world. Narcissistic power couples are often physically very attractive, very sealthy, grandiose, completely self entitled, glamorous, sicoally adept, well connected to power soruces. 

Together they create a synergy that magnetizes people to them.

High level narcissistic power couples are both competitive and complementary to one another. They propel one another to dizzing heights of poer, wealth and material acquisitions. With two high level narcissists the glow of their presence is enhanced and the breadth of their power and fame radiates and rsonates, cutting a generous wide swath.

Together they charm, deceive, seduce andintimidate those who would dare to unseat them. They play dirty and nice, depending on their mutual goal to control, manipulate and diminish others. They are ultra frenetic climbers who step on others to acquire and maintan unlimited power.

Narcissistic power couples laead lives that are set apart from most of us. They are whisked off on private helicopters and private jets to exclusive venues all over the world. They accululate greater aggregates of wealth and power because they have close contacet with the "right people" who make sure that their timing for making profits is always precise. 

The inner world of the high leve narcissistic couples is shallow, vapid, rancorous, without meaning These individuals are burned out cases, devoice of genuine human warmth and empathy. 

Their "act" is worn, pathetic, empty and enert: a psychological wasteland. 

You are the opporiste of the high level narcissistic couple.  You possess great integrity and are genuine, compassionate and empathic. Your conscience is well developed and you are true individual of fine charcters. 

Remember to take very good care of yourself: Get good rest and sleep--you deserve these times of respite and healing, eat pure food, organic if you can, good hydration, movement and exercise that works for you; express your feelings through spontaneous writing, lovely music to both calm and uplift you. Discover a form of meditation that works for you: spending time with Nature, a gentle yoga practice, rediscover the beauty, transformative power of great art. Pracice self care and self regard as often as you can. You are blessed; let your Light shine! 

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Hubris in man is ever-present. Wherever there is pride there is hubris. The story of the angels cast into Hell for their hubris remains with us. 

The word hubris comves from the ancient Greek, meaning extreme pride and extreme overconfidence. 

Hubris is outrageous. Aristotle defined hubris as shaming the victim

The high level narcissist gains pleasure from his/her hurbristic acts. He/she is not called out on these dark deeds if they hold sway and power, if they are high placed sociall and economically. 

Those who are married to or partnered with or children of hubristic high level narcissists are victims of their extreme psychopathology. 

You spend years and decades married to one of these individuals go through a series of leaving them, returning and continuing the cycle to the incresing stress, psychophysiological imbalances, mood and anxidty disorders, chronic insomnia, re-traumatization from childhood. 

When high level narcissists are shamelessly bad they will never admit they are wrong. All that matters is getting their way every time. When cornered they double and triple down on their lies, dceits, manipulations, exploitations and gain pleasure from domonating their spouses, ex-spouses, children, siblings business associates. Unlike you they have no shame---never did and never will. They are always right no matter their horrific misdeeds and betrayals.

They draw around them a golden circle of followers and hangers on who are loyal to them no matter what the issue. They feed off of the high level's extreme pride, economic largesse and social power.

The high level narcissist has no reason to change. This is a fixed personality disorder. 

When you awaken and decide that you must separate out from the high level narcissist, this is a great moment of insight and mental and psychological clarity. 

With great perseverance, wisdom and resolve you recognize that you are entitled to move forward as a separate, unique individual who deserves the full use of all of your creative gifts, to develop relationships based on self respect and integrity. . You are moving into the parasympathetic pathways of restoration, healing and the fulfillment of your original, true, creative self.

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The high level narcissist creates a compartmentalized world of lying and deception. Being married and honorable to his/her parrtner is not part of the narcissist's view of conscience. The high level narcissist is answerable exclusively to his/her needs, wants, whims, fancies, fantasies, desires. You can never trust the wrodl of the narcissist since they lie constantly and naturally. 

They have been perfecting this skill since early childhood. 

Why would they change these mendacious behaviors. Lies for them are an easy smooth route to their primary goals of complete control and the manipulation of everyone in his/her private and professional arenas. 

Emotiona detachment is an essential facet of the narcisistic personality. The high level narcissist cannot express genuine emotions. He/she is putting on a brilliant show, a master class in method acting. 

The high level narcissist who cannot be in touch with his/her authentic self and the emotions that follow is incapable of psychological intimacy and possesses a coldness tha runs through the core ofhis personality. 

You ar the opposite of the high level narcissist: genuine, warm, deep, empathic, real. You can no longer share your days with the great deceiver, the narcissistic personality. This is your time to move forward on your journey of recovery, healing, transformation and creativity. Your intuitive guide leads the way: put yourself first. Eat well, move in ways that work for you, rest and sleep. Get in touch with your unique creativity. You are moving with the winds of wonder and beauty and creativity at your back. You deserve the wisdom and grace of your many creative gifts and unique individuality. 

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Beneath a series of charming, alluring, charismatic masks and artifices lies the true embattled, damaged real self of the narcissist. No one perceived the inner core of this person. It is cleverly concealed with a highly inflated ego, an impeccable facade and persona. The socalled successsful narcissist surrounds himself/herself with material possesions, oulent lifestyles, houses, cars, trappins that speak loudly: "I am theb est; I am a winner, I am perfect; I am very special." in a series of self-congratulatory pronouncements.

The narcissist is a very restless, easiy bored human being. He cnnot simple "be." Often peripattetic with a high metaborlic rate, he goes about his/her life at full speed. Everyone must keep up with him. He doesn't slow down or stop for anyone. He/she is always on his way to the top, to winning under any and all circumstances no matter whom he hurts or discards. His/her goal is always to top and better others. The narcissist truly believes conscously that he/she is superior and better than othres. These "inferior" individuals exist only to serve him/her.  The narcissist is running so fast as a defense against the self negative feeling that he/she is concealing deep inside the unconscious, in the impaired real self. 

The core of the narcissistic personality remains for the most part unknown to the narcissist himself. This is due to his/her impenetrable defense mechanisms, especially Denial. 

Inability to have insight is caused by an inner psychic core that is hollow, inert, fragmented, severely regressed--at approximately two years of age. This is the age at which the psychic structure of this child stopped growing and evolving. 

Those who share their lives with narcissistic personalities, especially spouses and children, trvel a very difficult and complex path. Since the narcissist is incapable of empathy and does not have a developed conscience, spouses and children are treated like human possessions that the narcissist has under his absolute control. 

The narcissist controls spouses and children without mercy. He keeps them from expressing themselves as authentic, separate individuals. 

You come to a time of decision knowing that you will free yourself from the narcissistic personality. 

Continue your journey of the evolution of your true self. This is your intrinsic right and destiny.

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Whether you are the daughter, son, sibling, spouse, ex-spouse or partner of a narcissistic personality you have been victimized by one of these psychologically toxic individuals. Through their contaminated personalities with strong negative qualities of cruelty, dismissiveness, chronic lying, deception, exploitation and plans they execute to turn your family and friends against you through pernicious gossip and innuendo, the narcissistic personality wreaks havoc and horrendous duress for which he or she is never held accountable 

Most people don't undersatnd how one individual can be so callous and cruel. When those victimized by narcissists tell their story to close relatives and friends, they are not believed. or the person will say: "Get over it." "You are exaggerating." "Where are you getting all of these irrational ideas about him/her." And on and on. 

It is nauseating to watch the level of delusion in which many people live. They want to believe the best about narcisistic personalities---Really? Do they know anything about this severe psychopathology? No! Do they want to find out? No! They want "happy talk" and nothing more. I suggest that if you have been victimized by a high level narcissist and you are in the process of recovery, keep your distance from those who don't believ you. It is not worth all the torment, lack of understanding and absence of respect that you go through with those who make no effort to comprehend the level of your duress. 

Focus on your healing process. Associate with people you can trust and will continue to be supportive and watch you grow. Give yourself tremendou credit for reclaiming and rescuing yourself on every level: physical, psychological, emotional, spiritual. 

Practice self care in the ways that work best for you: rest and sleep, rediscovering your creativity, nouriishing food, good hydration, meditation in the way that you understand this process, spending time with Nature. 

You are moving forward along the pathways of your evolving true self with all of your creative gifts, embracing your individuality and rediscovering your magnificent freedom. 

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Covert narcississts are a rare breed whom most poeple believe are fine human beings. While they are showing their enhanced false personas, everyone is buying their story and heaping on praise, You are married to this impossible person. Very few outside of the family will ever find out how psychologically toxic the covert narcissist is. 

Spouses are victims of narcissistic abuse---veiled threats to ruin your reputation, constant put downs and stunning humiliations, being told that you are at fault (when it is the narcissist who has made egregious mistakes), bout after bout of Vesuvian narcissistic rage. Some spouses feel that they deserve this horrendous treatment because they think little of themselves. They have been emotionally and psychologically pummeled all of their days and don't kow the difference.

Some know that the marriage is a trvesty, that they are suffering from serious symptoms of stress--They are maxed out with chronic headaches, free floating anxiety, hyper-vigilance, chronic insomnia, intestinal discomforts and obsessive self doublt and lack of confidence. 

Those who recognize that they can no longer tolerate the emotional, psychological and physiological pain and stress chronically projected upon them, make the decision to sever the relationship through divorce or separation. 

As you awaken start with self care each day: getting the sleep and rest you need and deserve, nourishing food,  pure water, sleep and rest that you need and deserve. 

Spend time with Nature for healing and restoration, expressive writing that expands your consciousness and restores your psycholgical grounding. 

Now you move forward in hope, creativity, personal freedom and the full expression of yourself as a unique, precious, extraordinary individual. 

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High level narcissists live srictly for themelves. They bring individuals into their lives---spouses, partners, ex-spouses, children, siblings, friends, business associates, to play "roles" that build and enhance their grandiose images and masks of their ubiquitous false selves. Narcissists are disingenuous, incapable of being true, real or authentic.

High level narcissists create chaois, pain and destruction wherever they go. Those who have grown up as children of a narcissistic mother or father, know this story too well. I hear from many of these children and the tales are hair-raising. Children are emotionally and psychologically neglected, treated like dirt or in the other extreme---chosen as perfect living replicas of themselves. These ar the golden children who are picked from the rest of the pack for their physical beauty or handsomeness, intellectual brightness, athletic potential, social graces---they embellish the high level narcissist's self image. On the opposite end are the children who are treated with derision and scorn, those who are beaten verbally or physically, neglected and cast out as "inferior" from the day they were born. They are the forsaken, the wretched ones of the family. The narcissistic parent has no problem inflicting severe leveals of abuse since he/she doesn't have a conscience and no capacity for empathy, compassion or guilt. 

If you are the child of a high level narcissist, married to or divorcing a narcissist or have any relationship with one of these toxic individuals, your greatest assets are the power and depth of your knowledge of the narcissistiic personality and routines and practices of self care: Learn to appreciate your real self deeply. Develop a sense of self entitlement: get the sleep and rest that you deserve --Learn how to practice rest. You deserve this! If you are resting and fall asleep, this is so positive; it is what you need and deserve. Movement and exercise that works for you; keeping solitude with yourself; expressive writing with a pen as you write down unedited thoughts, feelings, dreams, reveries. Explore your creativity in all of its forms: sketching, painting, gardening, taking photo, cooking, dancing, singing and the gifts of your imagination. Move at your own pace; no one can rush you and tell you how to speak, move, think, imagine, discern, pray, sing, write---Be your precious individual self. 

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