Dear diary – One of the girders that supports the structure of who I am is the feeling that people owe me. Why do they owe me? Because I’m me. That’s enough and I am stunned when they don’t get it. What do they owe me? Respect, deference, admiration, compliments, praise, gifts, recognition and unquestioning acceptance of who I tell them I am. Questioning me is an insult because I am more accomplished than all of them and they are ignorant of brilliance in their midst. I try to help people out by letting them know how wonderful I am. They mistake my sincere help as arrogance. It is indeed lonely at the top.
This is arrogance “Questioning me is an insult because I am more accomplished than all of them and they are ignorant of brilliance in their midst.” BTW your blog is nice. Enjoyed going through it.
Arrogance is a cornerstone for a narcissist. Sometimes people are arrogant based on actual real accomplishment. Narcissist’s don’t even need that. NPD’s walk around with a storm of arrogance and self doubt raging inside of them all the time. Thanks for the comments.