Levels of Narcissism

1. Healthy, normal, natural narcissism
2. Narcissistic traits in otherwise normal people
3. Fully blown Narcissistic Personality Disorder
4. Malignant Narcissism 
    http://daughtersofnarcissisticmothers.com/narcissism-spectrum.html
    

   Fully blown Narcissistic Personality Disorder

   This is where the person has all the genuine narcissism traits described in its own section. This person is a full-blown Narcissist.
   However, unlike the Malignant Narcissist below, this person will not deliberately go out of her way to hurt you.
   Once this type of Narcissist is getting all the Narcissistic Supply she needs, and is the center of attention, and you're giving her enough deference, and not challenging her at all - well, she'll be calm and even quite pleasant to be around.
   You're always only one step from it all going wrong though. So you can never relax.
   
   It can be likened to walking along a very, very, narrow path on a cliff-side. One false step and you're dead meat. And in the same way that walking along that narrow cliff-path would require endless, exhausting, vigilance and concentration, being with this Narcissist is the same.
   This category can be a tough one to deal with because it's so subtle. If you're actively being mistreated, as in Malignant Narcissism below, then you know it. But this category can be a very crazy-making, head-wrecking one, as shared in the section on Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers.
   
   
   The likes of: Jim Jones, O J Simpson, Saddam Hussein, Ike Turner, Casanova, Joan Crawford, our "mother dearest"...
   
   

   Malignant Narcissism

   Malignant Narcissism is where Narcissism gets vicious. It's where the Narcissistic Mother does proactively cruel and vicious things such as abuse you, or facilitate others abusing you. It's where she gets rid of your beloved pet just because she can, just to see you cry. In Malignant Narcissism, she's actively feeding off your pain. It's being an emotional vampire to the max.
   If you're the daughter of a narcissistic mother, can you identify where on this narcissism spectrum she falls? And can you identify its effects on you?
   
   Are these examples of Malignant Narcissism? Do these event constitute an active aggression against you as a Daughter of Narcissistic Mother?
   
   

   1. Try and sell your trees to get her gigolo back.
   2. Call Adult Protective Services to get even for being outed to the Forrest Association. 
   3. Block your driveway with her car so you can't get to your house.

   
   Do these acts constitute, in themselves, enough indicator to class the person from Full Blown to Malignant???? Can you/we/me take the chance or is it better to be pro-active and get ahead of the game.
   
   

   Never show signs of weakness around a narcissist because when you’re down that’s precisely when they’re going to kick. This is true for all narcissists, from your garden variety straight on up to the malignant.  All narcissists salivate at the sign of a vulnerable target - be it mental, emotional or physical vulnerability.

   Narcissists are spineless bullies. They are insecure, jealous, inadequate, attention seeking little brats trapped in the body of an adult.  Have you ever referred to a narcissist as a strong person? I doubt it. Narcissists are immature weaklings and cowards. Their personality disorder makes them so. When they see an easy opportunity to strike they can’t help themselves. They are nasty little children and they don’t fight fair.  

   Malignant narcissists are predators by nature and predators devour the bleeding and the injured. They can't help themselves; it’s their animal instinct. They respond to your vulnerability like a rabid junkyard dog to a meaty bone: they’ve gotta chomp on it.