The Everything Guide to Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Professional, reassuring advice for coping with the disorder - at work, at home, and in your family (Everything® Series)

by Cynthia Lechan Goodman

If there is love in your relationship with a narcissist, you have a lot of power because you already are the most influential, important, and powerful person in his life. When you recognize that, it can help you avoid your own threatened feelings and negative reactions, such as yelling or shaming that just lead to the narcissist defending himself more and more.