Below is a video clip of my sister, Kristen, at her birthday party playing, and cheating in the game, Pin the Tail on the Donkey. I’m quite surprised that this cute snippet wasn’t edited out. What was edited out of the video is when Kristen was screaming and crying because a fellow party-goer touched or played with one of her new toys she opened, also, by the way, an indicator of narcissism. Sure, many, if not most, kids cheat. Sure, kids sometimes don’t want to share…but remember, this is a girl who made sure that her little adorable sister, me, got NOTHING–and by nothing I mean no love, care, nurturing, or any positive attention from my mother, and, eventually, my entire family (kids included). I also mean disinherited.

You’re gonna have to trust me on this. Sometimes stories behind NPD DSM-V are hard to believe, from either the narcissist or her victim. Narcissists are very skilled at deception. If they weren’t, how would they succeed? Kristen didn’t start out at 4-years-old with, “Mom? Let’s destroy Sunny together.” She had to gain “trust” first, and then power. Have you ever wondered how a man, and then eventually thousands of others, and then entire nations, killed 6 million Jews? Hitler didn’t start out his career in the early days with, “Hi. My name is Adolf. I’m going to kill an entire group of people. G-d’s people. Not only am I going to kill all the Jews someday, I’m going to have you and you and you do it with me and for me.”

A “smaller” example of evil and its necessary deception for “success” is Ted Bundy. A charming man, indeed. Ted didn’t drive up to his victims in his VW Bug sharpening his knife and geared up with devil ears. Much like with Kristen, who I’m sure is quite charming and likeable to those she wishes to deceive, he had to “sell” it.

More on evil, how it gains power, and how to stop it is coming very soon!