# What happens to a narcissist when their ego is truly attacked **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 25, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-a-narcissist-when-their-ego-is-truly-attacked/758330 "2016-06-25T16:01:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-a-narcissist-when-their-ego-is-truly-attacked/758330/41 "2016-06-29T13:49:47Z")
It doesn’t give you a shiver when you see a stadium filled with people lapping up his non sentences and nothing promises like it was substance? Than you’re a better man than me, clearly! ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-a-narcissist-when-their-ego-is-truly-attacked/758330/42 "2016-06-29T14:03:09Z")
I think from what I’ve read the text-book narcissist has an extremely fragile ego though they hide that fact from others and possibly even themselves very well thanks to a lot of self-delusion. When confronted and having their ego actually wounded by someone they generally lash out with everything they have, but depending on the person and situation this could just mean being shouted down and having all the flaws and weaknesses thrown in the ego wounder’s face or it could actually lead to physical violence. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-a-narcissist-when-their-ego-is-truly-attacked/758330/43 "2016-06-29T14:08:51Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > It doesn’t give you a shiver when you see a stadium filled with people lapping up his non sentences and nothing promises like it was substance? > > Than you’re a better man than me, clearly! no, because I’ve more or less checked out at this point, and I do whatever I can to avoid having to see or hear anything Boiled Ham in a Wig has to say. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-a-narcissist-when-their-ego-is-truly-attacked/758330/44 "2016-06-29T14:23:30Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > did you “shiver” at the Brexit vote as well? or is this another “amuricans r dumb amirite” thing? I think it has been well established now that the British are just as capable of being obtuse and bigoted as Americans. I mean, [if it wasn’t before](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/not-his-finest-hour-the-dark-side-of-winston-churchill-2118317.html). Meanwhile, the Philippines just elected a president who openly advocates vigilantism and murder. Donald Trump, by comparison, is a paragon of virtue and common sense. All of this has managed to convince me with great reluctance and trepidation that Hillary Clinton is somehow the most stable and competent candidate for the American presidency, a conclusion I reach only after grinding my molars flat and soft. Ouch. Stranger [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-a-narcissist-when-their-ego-is-truly-attacked/758330.md?page=2)