Narcissists will purposefully play mind games and mess with your head in order to make you doubt whether you are a good person or not. They manipulate you into trying to constantly prove yourself to them and this provides them with the supply and validation they need.
every single time a new taylor swift album drops people will lose their breath telling you the edgiest possible joke they can muster to prove how different they are in not liking her and it seems exhausting and embarrassing