Who treated your accomplishments with contempt or your success with callous indifference?
If so, you may have encountered a pathologically envious narcissist.
This jot down of envy, while common among narcissists, isntjustlimited to malignant narcissists.
Remember that narcissists pick victims they deem to have something valuable.
When gone unchecked, pathological envy can be a silent killer in relationships.
The victim of someone elses pathological envy may suffer backlash, sabotage or abuse due to their success.
The inability to congratulate others on a job well done.
This is someone who cannot even muster the ability to say congratulations when another person is succeeding.
A true friend, supportive family member, co-worker or partner would be able to say, Congratulations!
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or I am so proud of you!
because they genuinelyarehappy for your success and are secure within themselves to celebrate it.
A constant redirection to ones self when he or she is not in the center of attention.
This can also include excluding, alienating and ostracizing the victim by bullying them in social circles.
This is a display of public shaming that serves to silence the victims pride in his or her accomplishments.
Dr. Kipling,Pain of Ostracism Can Be Deep, Long-Lasting
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Yettheyare often the ones who use their charisma and social connections to get ahead.
Perpetually moving the goal posts.
Narcissists dont ever want their targets to feel enough.
That way, you always feel the need to seek their validation and approval.
It is never going to be enough and I think thats the real paradox in the narcissistic relationship.
