You are exactly right . If you acknowledge it then you give them credit for it. You have helped me more than you know.....im sending you some virtual hugs !

Do people who have narcissistic personality disorder threatened by someone who is TRULY confident with themselves and not pretending to be confident like people with NPD to mask their true self?

It reminds me of two drug addicts who have a relationship only because they are addicts. When one of them decides to go to rehab and change, the other who is still using doesn't know how to act around the other person who is now sober.