A Narcissist Is Really a 13 Year Old in an Adult Body

JanetChristy
7 min readJun 17, 2023

When a narcissist acts like a middle-schooler should you treat them like one?

One of the core problems of a narcissist is arrested emotional development. They may look like adults, but they are not capable of operating like adults.

Typically narcissists operate in the emotional range of a middle-schooler, 13 years or so. That doesn’t mean they…

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JanetChristy

Writer, observer, narcissistic abuse survivor and a traditionalist thwarted by an internal rebel. Using my experiences to entertain, help and challenge others.