This overblown sense of entitlement requires constant replenishment of libidinal supplies. In a relationship, a male narcissist wants to be the center of a woman's life and feels that she should be subordinate to him in all ways. He may devalue the partner because she does not live up to his wishes. When frustrated, he withdraws his love and resorts to rage and projection. He provides very little emotional satisfaction for his partner, yet he demands her perfect responsiveness.
Narcissists deny the real self and love their image, persona, perfect false self.
They need to cover up the pain of having been bent and molded into certain images in order to make parents happy. This denial creates an insensitivity to one's own needs and the needs of others. Narcissists deny depression, social and environmental traumas. Yet, they are very vulnerable, like a turtle who fears injury to its soft spots, but denies it. Narcissists identify less with feelings and more with logic and success.