How respected you feel in a relationship may be tied to your partner's personality—especially if they're high in narcissism. Here's why.
. We want R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Indeed, seeking and indulging in your partner's respect for you is normal and appropriate when you're in love. But what if you're in a relationship with a narcissist?If nearly all partners want respect, this desire reaches impossible heights for people who have a set of. Narcissists — who tend to have grandiose, inflated self-images — thrive on seeking out social interactions that can enhance their own feelings of being valued and appreciated by others.
So what about respect? A team of researchers recently examined whether narcissists, who we know want to feel respected, are or are not oriented toward respecting their partners.In their first study, the researchers discovered that the tendency to use narcissistic rivalry strategies was associated with giving partnersrespect .
It's easy to assume that we're responsible for our relationship dynamics. If we feel disrespected in our closest relationship, we might assume we don't deserve our partner's esteem. We might believe that their feelings about us are because of something we've done or who we are. This research, however, offers a different perspective.
Thus, dating a narcissistic person can come with a variety of challenges, and adding to this list is the potential for feelings of low respect. The evidence that not all narcissists treat their partners with low levels of respect may have muddied our sense of whether it's"them" or"us" when it comes to feelings of disrespect, but now we know that respect is linked tosome narcissists promote their inflated sense of self.
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