Originally posted by
Amanda
At twenty five minutes. He appears to be experiencing genuine emotional pain? I want to state here that although I am not an expert on human behaviour I have survived a seven year relationship with a person who comes into the category of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Part of recovery is to learn all about the signs so as to avoid allowing them to destroy your life. This much I will share. True narcissists can turn tears off and on like a tap. Narcissists can cry on cue. They do not show the genuine redness in the face and the other signs of genuine emotional pain. A true narcissist can turn the tears off and on like a tap and once educated - I have seen it many times. A true narcissist cannot however turn on the redness of skin or other traits. I questioned a narcissist once, as she turned on the tears - trying to elicit my sympathy and empathy. When I questioned the lack of redness in her face and evidence of other traits of genuine emotional pain, like sobbing afterwards and a runny nose. I stated to her; I cannot do that, how do you do that? She promptly stopped crying. Like a tap - off and on.
So - what I witnessed from Ronald Bernard appears to be genuine. I hung on to every word. Sensed the truth.