I know a…

…man whose profession of faith ought to be called ‘ The Hypocritic Oath.’

-Ignatius of Axtel Park

Is he a narcissist? (A la Thomas Erikson, generally)

✅Gaslights, deceives and manipulates – check

✅✅Quick to regulate the conscience & speech of others – (well most teutonic reformed people are like this, really)

✅Has an unrealistic self-image – that’s hard to tell.

✅Incredibly self centered

✅✅Demands constant acknowledgment

✅✅Speak only about themselves & does not listen to others

✅Thinks he is special and unique

✅✅Constant self promotion

✅✅Highly sensitive to criticism; raises voice when contradicted

✅✅When found to have not met a requirement, accuses and evades with cowardly statements like…

“I didn’t know that you wanted X.

“Didn’t we say that we would do Y? That’s not what I said/meant/heard.”

“That’s not how I understood …”

✅Almost always has to one up the story of another.

✅Thinks the rules don’t apply to him

✅✅Cannot follow another, but expects others to follow him

✅✅If someone wears three bars on their doctor’s robes he will buy one with four bars.

✅Thinks he is a power broker

✅✅Takes credit for the innovations and work of other.