Perhaps you know someone who always deflects blame onto you. Someone who smirks when caught in a lie, who twists your words until you're apologizing for their mistakes. And over time, you may start to wonder, can someone like this ever truly change? You could be talking about a narcissist. When people high in narcissism feel slighted or criticized, it threatens their fragile or inflated self-esteem, prompting them to react with aggression to protect their self-image . Naturally, when confronted