Covert narcissists, on the other hand ... and exceptionally low on the emotional intelligence scale. Most victims don’t ...

Similarly, experts believe that, on a sliding scale of narcissism, more “prosocial narcissists” are driven by their overriding desire to be liked, meaning they are fun to be around ...

In a recent study conducted on college students, the average score on this scale was in the mid-upper 60s. So if your score hovered around that range, you’re about average in covert narcissism.

Caroline Strawson spent 14 years married to a covert narcissist. While her life looked picture perfect from the outside, in reality, she says she was experiencing manipulation and emotional abuse ...