Can you change a narcissist

Don't even try. The only narcissts that change are ones who only just meet the criteria, acknowledge that they are and change for the sake of themselves.
You can waste your whole life because you think a narcisst can change, they will not and they ARE trying to hurt you and they do NOT love you

When dealing with a narc, low contact and no contact are ways to protect yourself. That's all you can do because they will win.

No - their biggest purpose in life is to love themself more than anyone else & they drain the energy of anyone trying to help them

Quit enabling them. Take care of you and don’t play into their games.

My dad is one... It gets worse.. 77 years of age... Still egocentric... Self loving looking for affirmation everywhere!
I just cut him out of my life.
They don't change!
They will never see themselves as one!

No one can ever change someone else's behavior, only their own. Narcissistic personality disorder is a spectrum and mental illness. Professional help is available.

The decision to take care of themselves is one they can only make. And you’re only prone to a narcissist or anyone of a lower vibe if you match their vibe. It’s the same but in opposites. So the narcissistic/co dependent relationships. Excessive taking to excessive giving. Equal denominator no self love. So the transaction between the two is always equal to lack and neediness. Each need to learn to fill their own cup by practicing self love, or self care. Otherwise you’ll continue to have a shitty unbalanced equations with self and others. I don’t like this math either, lol.

Good question.. my mother’s a narcissist and all my attempts at making her see sense have been in vain

No you can’t.

No. A person has to see a need for change and then do it him or herself. Narcissists by definition generally don’t believe [b]they[/b] are the source of any problems they might have. So they’re rarely motivated to change their behavior.

Talk them to see pediatric oncology patients.

Great question and I’m not sure 🤔 they themselves would have to if others were to be actually heard