I'm thanking everyone who loves me here, where no one knows me, so the reputation of myself that lives in my head isn't damaged.
Sick and tired of narcissists being talked about like mythological wild animals. I just read something that described covert narcissists as “highly defensive and extremely hostile”. I’m not a skittish dog. Why can’t you put it as “traumatised with extreme trust issues” like you would for any other less stigmatised disorder?