DangerousPersonalitiesWordChecklist
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The Narcissist
Abusive, aggressive, amoral, arrogant, beguiling, bully, calculating, callous,
charismatic, chameleon, cheat, cold, conman, conniving, contemptuous, controlling, cruel,
cunning, deceitful, deceptive, dehumanizing, deplorable, dishonest, disingenuous, egocentric,
exploitative, grandiosity, guiltless, hostile, inconsiderate, indifferent, insensitive, insincere,
intimidating, irksome, irresponsible, irritable, irritating, liar, Machiavellian, manipulative,
mean, noxious, parasitic, sarcastic, self-centered, shallow, slimy, smooth, superficial,
temperamental, toxic, tyrant, unscrupulous, unsympathetic, vile, vindictive.
The Emotionally Unstable
Bewildering, bitter, chaotic, clingy, cold, confusing, conniving, crazy, creepy, cruel,
cunning, dangerous, deceptive, delusional, demanding, demeaning, desperate, destructive,
diva, draining, dramatic, dysfunctional, emotional, envious, erratic, exasperating, explosive,
flirt, frightening, frustrating, hysterical, imbalanced, impossible, impulsive, inappropriate,
instability, irrational, irritating, irresponsible, liar, mean, mercurial, moody, nasty,
perplexing, problematic, psycho, rage, resentful, scary, schemer, seething, seesaw, stalker,
suffocating, tantrums, tempestuous, tense, tiresome, tormentor, tornado, tumultuous,
unforgiving, unhappy, unhinged, unpredictable, unreasonable, unreliable, unstable, vengeful,
vindictive, violent, volatile, wicked.
The Paranoid Personality
Adversarial, alarmist, aloof, angry, apprehensive, biased, calculating, cantankerous, cautious,
combative, complainer, contemptuous, contentious, contrarian, controlling, crackpot, crazy,
critical, difficult, distrustful, draining, eccentric, envious, evasive, extremist, fanatic, flake,
guarded, gullible, hardheaded, hater, high-strung, hypersensitive, incredulous, irrational,
irritating, jealous, know-it-all, litigious, loner, mean, menacing, mistrustful, narrow-minded,
nasty, neurotic, nuts, odd, obsessive, opinionated, overcritical, perplexing, persecuted,
pessimistic, prejudiced, prickly, provocative, quarrelsome, questioning, recluse, rigid, selfimportant, stubborn, suspicious, tense, unforgiving, unromantic, zealot.
The Predator
Abusive, aggressive, aimless, amoral, antisocial, arrogant, bad, bad-boy, belligerent,
bully, calculating, callous, charismatic, charming, cheat, cheater, clever, cold, cold-blooded,
con, con-artists, conman, conniving, contemptuous, controlling, corrupt, creep, creepy,
criminal, crude, cruel, cunning, dangerous, deceitful, deceptive, degenerate, delinquent,
demeaning, depraved, destructive, discomforting, dishonest, disingenuous, evil, exploitive,
fraud, guiltless, immoral, imposter, impulsive, inconsiderate, incorrigible, indecent,
indifferent, insensitive, intimidating, irresponsible, leech, liar, manipulative, mean, parasite,
possessive, risk-taker, sadistic, self-centered, selfish, shallow, sleazy, swindler,
temperamental, thug, toxic, twisted, undependable, unfeeling, uncaring, violent.
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Dangerous Personalities:
How To Identify Them
We focus on these because they are
the most likely to victimize you:
physically, mentally, emotionally,
or financially
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FOUR DANGEROUS
PERSONALITIES
Grandiose/Egotistical
The Narcissist
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•  The Emotionally Unstable
•  The Paranoid
•  The Predator / Parasite
Emotionally Unstable (1)
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Emotionally erratic
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Either idealizes or hates
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Fears being marginalized
Problems relating with others
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Many relationships
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Cries to manipulate
Relationships like rollercoaster
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Turns on the disloyal
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Sometimes is reckless &
impulsive
Grievances & Slights collected
Sex, alcohol, or drugs are
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Verbally abusive
Insensitive to emotions of
others
Reactions are not predictable
Over-sexualizes self
Over values self
Grandiosity
Feels superior
Little regard for others
Haughty
Arrogant
Self as special
Lacks empathy
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Aloof
Devalues others
Unique views
Concerned with looks
Image important
Loves adoration
Opinionated
Friendships based on need
Emotionally Unstable (2)
•  Dresses provocatively
•  Pushes boundaries
•  Acts coquettish at work, with
clients
•  Says things that are
inappropriate
•  History of lawsuits
•  Truth is plastic – lies to get by
•  Perceptions one sided
•  Very shallow or stubborn
•  Overly concerned with
perceptions
•  Lashes out at others with
frequency
•  Doesn’t just get angry –
employs rage
•  Highly theatrical at times
•  May use illnesses to garner
attention
•  Perceived as trouble maker
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Emotionally Unstable (3)
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Argues aggressively – ad hominem
Can’t seem to relax – short fuse
Doesn’t take criticism well
Likes to demonize others
Invariably creates negative feelings in others
Like a tornado or whirlwind
•  Emotionally explosive
•  Unreliable
Suspicious Untrusting
The Paranoid Personality
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Suspicious of everyone
Insults easily
Questions intentions
Reluctant to confide
Sees evil in others
Argumentative
“Trouble maker”
Very demanding
Few or no friends
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Others are opportunists
Bears grudges
Spreads false rumors
Very opinionated
Wound collector
Never forgives
Irritates others
Rigid thinker -zealot
His way only
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Predator / Parasite
The Anti Social
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Violates rules & norms
Laws are flexible
Concern with self only
Takes shortcuts – illegal
Has no remorse
Thinks of no one else
Hurts others
Indifferent
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Lies frequently
Risk taker
Conceals other life
No conscience
Criminal past
Insincere
Seeks adventure
Highly promiscuous
What We Can Do
•  Know what to look for
•  Get help – professional help
•  Set boundaries and limits
•  Communicate with your allies
•  Document your experience
What We Can Do (2)
What We Can Do (3)
•  Don’t ignore or dismiss behaviors
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•  Don’t ignore how they make you feel
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•  Distance yourself if necessary
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•  Utilize available resources
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“You have no social obligation
to be victimized – ever!”
Are you being victimized physically,
mentally, emotionally, or financially?
Joe Navarro, M.A.
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@navarrotells
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