Have you ever had to deal with narcissists who seek to psychologically manipulate the people in their lives into believing that that they are better than everyone else? Brilliant article by James Cole Abrams about Madoff and narcissistic people who seek to control the personal relationships in their lives, through shaming and other psychologically manipulative techniques, rather than just simply engage them. The article discusses how truly insecure narcissists are and that at some point during childhood they became detached emotionally. The article further opines that narcissists do not emotionally develop past the age of detachment.

https://www.google.com/amp/observer.com/2017/06/pop-psych-bernie-madoff-wizard-of-lies-and-the-power-of-corrective-experience/amp/