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Originally Posted by WishfulThinker66
They certainly can be intimidating.
My ex was narcissistic and thus very manipulative. One thing he would do is swagger. Yes, walk as though he were commanding attention to himself. His stance, his walk, his movements very much sent the message of 'look at me, I am king poop'. Very arrogant. If you did not buy into his manipulation he gave you the cold shoulder you-are-unworthy treatment.
So yeah, swagger and arrogant stance are definitely part of their non-verbal communication.
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Wow, that so true. I know a narcissist who works too hard on her appearance and she walks like "look at me" with a strange "posing" smile. Not a natural smile like you are happy about something but the one a model makes when she poses in front of the camera.
I also noticed that a narcissist tries to show her power by "association." Whenever she was around her wealthy, nicely-dressed friends, she didn't want to talk to me. But when she isolates me, she would tell me all kinds of sob stories to get me to help her even though I am not made of money.