Conditioned to Accept Their Behavior

The Covert Narcissism Podcast · Jul 2, 2023 · 16m

Today we are talking about conditioning, the process of training someone to behave in a certain way or to accept certain circumstances.

In the Boy Who Cried Wolf, the villagers became conditioned to his cries. Like the boy in the story, covert narcissists set off alarm bells when they are not needed. They stir up drama and trouble when there isn’t any there. Claiming that they hate drama, they are the first ones to create it. It is almost as though they are bored with life unless the drama is there.

They then feed off of your anger and frustration, off your reactions to them. They thrive when…