When the opportunity arises, they steal money from those who need it most. Corruption is the narcissist’s main money-making mechanism. That is how they get ahead, how they climb into the top 1%. It’s not because they are more capable; it’s because they are not held back by the things that make the rest of us human: love, loyalty, conscience. None of that slows them down. They choose themselves every single time—no guilt, no second thoughts.
Nothing holds them back: not marriage, not children, and not even blood relations. If it comes down to their gain versus your survival, they will take what they need and walk away. They will abandon a crying child, leave a marriage mid-sentence, ghost their own family as if they never existed, and they will sleep peacefully at night. Of course, they’re not strong; they do it because they feel absolutely nothing. They don’t care. That is what makes them appear powerful to the outside world. But it’s not real power; it is emptiness, lifelessness.
While we are stuck overthinking, caring, and explaining, they are already three steps ahead—unapologetic, unbothered, unattached. They sacrifice people like pawns in a game of chess. If you don’t serve their agenda, you’re gone. If you slow them down, you’re cut off. They do not linger in heartbreak; they do not mourn what they leave behind. Their conscience never taps them on the shoulder. There is no internal conflict, no empathy, no emotional weight whatsoever. There’s only one voice in their world, and it is their own.
Behavior Number Four: Abandoning You in Crisis
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