These individuals lead several lives at one time. The charm offensive of the Covert is acted out with perfection: a Broadway level performance. The Covert is an expert at presenting himself as charming, giving, kind, genuine, empathic and psychologically grounded. The covert narcissist is masterfully clever at concealing his malicious, dark, cruel traits. In the case of the Covert it is exceedingly difficult to discern the true nature of this wolf in sheep’s clothing. There is no way the innocent party could have known that this individual is a narcissist. (This post refers to male and female narcissists.) So often I speak with clients who have unwittingly married a covert narcissist. Covert narcissists are incapable of forming and maintaining genuine relationships.
