I had wrote about this earlier but forgot to put which disorder...Do you know...

United States
January 26, 2007 11:57pm CST
anyone with NPD or Narcissistic Personality Disorder? I feel that my boyfriend, who is verbally and psychologically abusive, has this. He likes to talk continuously about himself, and he will not let anyone else say anything. He is rude when he does this and follows you wherever you go so you are forced to listen to his stories. A lot of his stories are not true, but some of them are...I think. Also, if you talk about something that has happened to you, he will state the same thing(s) has happened to him and will add to them. I think that most of them are lies too. So, do you know anyone who is like this? How did you deal with them? And, how did you get away?
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@vertex (803)
• Philippines
27 Jan 07
I have a friend. They have break up with his gf because of that. He is just a liar. But he is still kept on saying things which are not true but we can let them change because they have the responsibility of their selves.
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• United States
29 Jan 07
Thank you for your response, and you are absolutely right. They do have to take responsibility of themselves, and lying about things is not right, even if you are lying about things that have happened in your life.
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@kelly60 (4547)
• United States
11 Feb 07
This is the case with three friends of mine... actually two are no longer friends because of some of the lies they told. I had tried everything I could think of with all three of them to stop their behavior but nothing seemed to work. With the twins, I tried to change the subject as often as possible, although it always came back to them. I tried ignoring their behavior or just walk away from them. They never got verbally abusive with me until the end of our friendship. That's when I walked away for good. They have been trying to regain my friendship ever since, but I have told them that I can't be friends with them and be treated that way. They need help, and unless they are willing to get help, I won't put myself through myself through it anymore. It's a hard thing to do, but it needed to be done. The other friend gets ignored a lot. Everone knows that he lies, and even if he were telling the truth nobody would believe it. He made the mistake one night while sitting in the American Legion hall, of spouting off about how he was in the Green Beret. Knowing it wasn't true, he was called a liar by a great many people there. He started spouting off how it wasn't hurting anyone, and then went into another fake heart attack... like he has every week or so. Unfortunately, you can never be sure if he is faking or not so you have to call in an ambulance and make a big fuss over him. He still gets his way. Then when the ambulance arrives, he refuses to go with them saying that his wife will be mad if he goes with them because they won't take him to the hospital she wants him to go to. He still won't go back there, but it's probably best since I'm sure he made a lot of enemies that night. Everyone asks me how I can put up with him. All I can say is that I feel sorry for him. Nobody else seems to be able to stand him, and as patient as I am, even I have a hard time sometimes. At least I don't have to see him daily. If he is getting abusive, don't wait until it gets out of hand. I've also been in an abusive relationship. He started out very much like like you have described, then later on became more and more controlling. I walked out when he got physically abusive and nearly put me in the hospital. Good luck to you, and I wish you the best.
• United States
14 Feb 07
This is exactly what intend to do. I have heard from countless people that I need to leave him or I need to make him. My friends who know me won't come around because of him, and they would, but he is around, so they won't. I have never really had any friends like this before, and, if I did, I probably didn't ever pay no mind to them. I have always thought people who are like this have major problems so I just stayed away. Well, now, I know why I stayed away. Well, thanks so much for your reply and input. This really helps me out a lot.
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@kelly60 (4547)
• United States
15 Feb 07
I'm glad to help. I hate to see anyone in your situation. I know I kept telling myself things would get better, but they never did. Instead they got worse and worse. Getting out was the best thing I could have done, not only for me but also for my children.