Narcissism. Five Reasons why it tends to get more extreme with age.
The five points below are from an AI response to my question: Does Narcissism get more extreme with age?
1. The “Mask” Fades (Reduced Inhibition)
When younger, narcissists often maintain a charming or successful persona to gain supply (admiration, status). As they age, their ability to maintain this facade diminishes, causing their true, more hostile personality to emerge. Without the energy to keep up the pretense, they become bolder in their negative behaviors.
2. Loss of Narcissistic Supply
Aging often brings a decline in physical appearance, career status, or social influence, which are the main sources of validation for a narcissist. When they can no longer command admiration, they feel entitled to demand it, leading to increased anger, bitterness, and jealousy.
3. Entitlement and Rage in the Face of Limitations
Aging forces a confrontation with reality, which a narcissist finds unbearable. Health challenges or reduced control over their environment are often met with “narcissistic rage,” causing them to become more verbally abusive and demanding toward caregivers or family members.
4. Increased Isolation and Paranoia
Because they often alienate people over their lifetime, aging narcissists may find themselves alone, surrounded only by people they can still manipulate. They may become more paranoid, believing others are out to get them or steal from them, further isolating themselves.
5. Cognitive Decline and Entrenched Behavior
If cognitive decline (such as dementia) occurs, it can severely amplify existing narcissistic traits, making them even more irrational and difficult to manage. Rather than growing wiser, they become more inflexible and childish.
Why It’s Worse Even With Trump
Trump has surrounded himself with sycophants who will tell Trump what he wants to hear.
They were selected for this reason, and are the worst of the lot.
Racists Stephen Miller (deputy chief of staff), Kristi Noem (Secretary of Homeland Security), and Pete Hegseth (Secretary of War) are the worst of the lot. And they are controlling policy.
Hegseth defends blowing up people clinging to wreckage 2,000 miles from the US.
Kristi Noem called a Good a “domestic terrorist” and Trump said that she “violently, willfully and viciously ran over the ICE officer.”
Everyone in the Trump administration is a confirmed serial liar.
Anyone who watched those videos knows what liar Noem is.
This happened with Renee Good, as well. She was shot and killed in her vehicle by an ICE agent on Jan. 7.
There are hundreds of stories like those including a claim of “suicide” by the administration of a man strangled to death.
Trump is getting more extreme because of narcissism and the racist sycophants surrounding him are purposely feeding that narcissism.
A Word About Dementia
Democrats pretending Biden did not have dementia was an obvious lie. Everyone could see the lie.
Similarly, the onset of Trump’s dementia and the increasingly belligerent tone in his speeches are easy to see. The denial phase is coming up.
I suspect Republicans will be in the same place, with the same hypocritical denials by the end of Trump’s term, if not much sooner.
A Word About Morality
“I have the right to do anything I want to do. I’m the president of the United States.” Trump said these words in August to defend his decision to send National Guard troops to Chicago under the pretext of fighting crime.
Summary
Dementia aside, aging does not usually teach a narcissist humility. Instead, it strips away their defenses, leaving them a more intense, uninhibited, and volatile version of their younger selves.
This is compounded by the power of a president who is surrounded by sycophants promoting racism, conquest, and power. These are to a president who does not give a damn about the Constitution, and was already obsessed with power.
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This post originated on MishTalk.Com
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