Covert Narcissists
- Covert Narcissists may quietly and strategically fish for acknowledgement or compliments.
- At work, they might cosy up to you and a colleague, only to badmouth each of you to the other, pitting you against each other so that the covert narcissist can look like the model employee in comparison.
- Driving this behavior is an internalized sense of shame, so they overcompensate by trying to make themselves seem superior.
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