Then, slowly, you start noticing a smell. You sniff around, you wonder, where is it coming from? It can’t be this bag; look at it, it’s too beautiful, too divine, too flawless. Instead of questioning the bag, you start questioning yourself. Don’t you check your shoes, your pants? Maybe it’s you. Maybe you’re the problem. That’s exactly what it feels like to be in the presence of a covert demonic narcissist. They are masters at presentation, but inside, it is the same rot; it just smells slower.
And here is the secret nobody tells you: the habit that lets them pull this off is virtue signaling. But they do not just virtue signal the way influencers do on social media. No, covert narcissists have a signature style to it, a humble, sneaky, backdoor kind of virtue signaling that bypasses your defenses by making you believe they’re the best human being you have ever met without ever feeling like you have been manipulated. Let’s unpack this, but slowly.
See, a normal person doing a good deed doesn’t need you to know about it. If it comes up, it comes up; if it does not, it does not. Their goodness is not a performance; it is woven into who they are and how they live. But for a covert narcissist, goodness is a currency, a brand, a silent resume they must keep updating and broadcasting, but in a way that never looks obvious.
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