Number 4: They will always be exhausted and stressed.
The need for energy and motivation is overwhelmed by this depressing feeling. When narcissists begin to feel depressed, they will give in to the belief that they will not be able to do anything else. Everything that used to interest them was lost, even their family members and former hobbies, and even their interests were lost. During the day, narcissists might even sleep at times when they would ordinarily be busy working hard. They feel lazy and lack the energy to pursue anything at all, not even what they enjoy.
They will complain about how tired they feel, how stressed out they are, and how much work they have to do even when they aren’t doing anything. They may neglect basic physical maintenance at some points, letting their appearance suffer for days without realizing it. This is because they are overrun by their tiredness and stress.
Number 5: They will feel empty and hopeless about the future.
A typical sign of depression that accompanies narcissism is intuition when they are down. Their gut feelings tell them they have hit a dead end or that there is no way out of their situation. When life becomes challenging, they don’t feel like they possess any real substance, something they could rely upon, to comfort themselves with.
They do feel empty inside; they have never truly learned how to fill themselves with anything other than their false sense of self-worth. Another thing that makes them feel hollow is their incapacity to feel happy or satisfied with their current life situation. They may have felt that they never had anything in their life, goals, plans, or ideas to do with themselves. It becomes increasingly impossible for narcissists to imagine any future or see what things in their lives are too late to change.
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