The title isn’t exaggeratory, I have been diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder in 2024. It took me over a year to realize I had an issue.
I didn’t treat my friend well at all. I often mocked him or belittled him, but come 2025 I really did try to be better. I confessed to him my issue and told him I wanted to be better.
And yet in doing this, he lost a lot of trust in me. We got into more arguments and had this cycle of arguing, he tells me we’re done, and he comes back to me and it starts over again.
And today? Well I told him we are in a super unhealthy cycle. That this is draining and it is bad for both of us. So that is it, we had a bromance breakup.
It fucking sucks. I hate losing a friend. I hope he can do better without me.
Idk, I had the same question as above - my parents didn’t have an iota of capacity for self reflection in them. Imagine a sadistic toddler and you’ve got the idea. If OP sees their problem, they’re much better equipped to improve themselves than others with NPD, and more than most people in general.