If you think a narcissist is just hanging around the house setting traps for burglars when they’re home alone – you’ve been watching too many movies!

When narcissists are alone in their own home, they find it terribly uncomfortable. They hate the idea of ​​their own company, and they’ll do anything to get out of the hostile loop that’s going on in their mind.

Here are 11 things narcissists do when they’re home alone. If you ever suspect they’re self-loathing – you’re about to erase all those doubts.

Out Of Sight, Out Of Heart

Narcissists need a place to live, and their homes are usually where they don’t want to be…

…especially if they’re alone!

When they’re alone, there’s no one to talk to. No one to lie to. No one to manipulate.

No one to control. No one to exaggerate with. No one to impress. No one to flirt with. No one to anger.

Before you start feeling really sorry for them, I want you to think about what that means. It means they’re going to do some crazy stuff while they get the chance.

Being out of sight and out of mind means that narcissists have extra work to do to get noticed, or get that hit they’re after.

…For Them…

It’s a worrying time. Left with their own company, they have to keep themselves busy to keep their self-loathing from rising to a high enough point where they can’t control it.

…For You…

Peace, total peace, right? You get a break from them without them under your feet or in your zone.

And I bet you’re out there somewhere by yourself, and you love your own company! (Seriously!)

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So, let’s break down these 11 things.

1 Online Stalking

First, if they can’t meet you in person, they’re definitely going to sit down with you online.

This comes from the urgent need to fill the void left by their insecurities.

Because they can’t figure out what you’re doing, they’ll look for signs that you’re busy (how dare you make plans without them, or not invite them?!)

They want to know what you did before meeting them, who you were hanging out with, what you looked like, and they’ll sit and browse your pages for hours if they have to.

Googling your name and details isn’t impossible for them either. If any search results can provide more clues about who you are, that’s exactly what they’ll be searching for when they’re alone.

2 Text anyone

Is there anyone there?

Reply?

I’d literally talk to anyone at this point?

Do I set up a WhatsApp group chat?

What does that person I haven’t spoken to in months do?

Texts will be flying to their phones and to unsuspecting people within minutes.

The narcissist will sit and wait for responses. Who will respond first? Will they be attractive enough to give them the boost they’re clearly looking for?

Filling up time by needlessly chatting with people they don’t care about is a great way to spend that time. They’ll do it until the sun goes down (and beyond).

3 Scroll through social media

Social media is the rabbit hole we all easily find ourselves in from time to time. I admit that I’ve been guilty of watching short films on my commute, or if I’m having a lazy day.

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This is different.

This is worse.

4 Busy, Busy, Busy

If they’re not busy, they quickly sink into the realization of how much they hate themselves.

I can’t stress this enough.

Narcissists hate who they are when they look in the mirror.

The idea that they’re not good enough is their strongest trait and one that they project onto the world.

Nothing you do is good enough.

You are the one who should suffer for their lack of self-love.

Any kind of hatred turns into entitlement. They deserve a life of luxury to make up for all the reasons they are not worth an ounce.

Is this starting to make sense yet?

5 Mirror Time

I need to smile, I need to work out, I need to work on how I appear to others.

This is not a time for jokes. This is me.

Mirrors are useful for narcissists to look into and act. They are kind of like a training ground, they show the narcissist what the outside world sees when they look in them. It has to be right, it has to be perfect.

There is no better time to do this than when you are home alone.

6 Exercise

Exercise is healthy – and you don’t have to be a narcissist to want to stay fit and exercise.

Narcissists take it to another level by exercising intensely, regularly, and more than anyone you know.

They go to the gym, and if they can’t make it to the gym, they’ll work out at home.

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It’s a great opportunity to get all their anger out when they’re alone. Knowing that they’re constantly working on their body image is also convenient for them.

They assume that all we care about is how they look, but that’s never enough to distract us from how they act.

7 Google Everything

If they can find out about you, or anyone else they know or want to know online, narcissists will find a way to do it.

They don’t just Google people, they Google events, shopping, the latest trends, how much their favorite cars or houses cost, potential vacation ideas—the list is endless.

Google gives them knowledge, and knowledge acts as a different kind of power to them than you or me.

They use it to outsmart people, or to seem smarter than everyone else in their circle.

So yeah—Google is popular.

8 Post on Social Media

If a narcissist is caught in a compromising situation and decides to spend the night at home, there’s no need to tell the world about it.

What would people think?

Oh, you can’t be as popular as you say you are if you’re home alone.

So what do they do?

They post that they’re out and about, for starters.

They share photos they took a while ago of a landmark they visited or a great meal they had out.

Anything that seems busy, needed, and important.

9 Flirt with strangers

Flirting with a narcissist will always land you in strangers online. It’s quick, easy, and involves instant gratification.

Flirting is not harmless to a narcissist, who enjoys appearing and feeling irresistible to the world around them.

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This is one of those occasions.

Wipe my ego!

10 A Message to Old People

If there is an opportunity to earn a few supplies while you are home alone, what do you have to lose, right, narcissist?

Narcissists always have one hand on the exit button, and they know that they will win in a situation where they have always had one source – the source of the ghosts of the past.

For them, it is a way to extract what they need when no one or nothing else is entertaining them.

11 Watching Porn

Last but not least – you have it.

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Porn is popular among narcissists who find it difficult to do love or intimacy within normal society.

For them, watching an explicit video is enough to satisfy them. No love is required, no expression of love is required, and no one should feel uncomfortable afterwards.

Of course – it has to be done alone – and that is another insidious secret of the narcissist.