The Top 5 Excuses Narcissists Use to Escape Accountability
The Mental Healness Podcast
Lee Hammock
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever tried to hold a narcissist accountable, only to end up being the one apologizing? That isn't an accident. Narcissists have a specific set of excuses they use to deflect, distract, and devalue your concerns. Today, we are breaking down the Top 5 excuses I used—and that most narcissists use—to stay in control of the narrative.
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| 0:00.0 | My name is Sherlock Holmes. |
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| 0:30.6 | So, I'm a narcissist, and I damn near have a PhD in making excuses for my behavior. Just like your narcissistic partner does. |
| 0:39.2 | They might not have an actual PhD, but they have one in making excuses for their horrid action and behavior. |
| 0:46.3 | Right. |
| 0:47.2 | They can do something. |
| 0:48.2 | I can do something terrible to you at 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. |
| 0:52.4 | And have you apologizing to me to me by to 15 minutes later you will be apologizing to me. How? You might ask. I'm glad you did by using the script. Everybody says narcissists have a script. And today we're breaking down the top |
| 1:13.3 | five excuses every narcissist has in their back pocket. Almost every narcissist. You know, I don't like to |
| 1:18.9 | speak in absolutes. Almost every narcissist has these excuses in their back pocket. If you hear these |
| 1:23.9 | excuses, you are in hearing the truth. you're hearing a survival mechanism designed to keep you |
| 1:29.8 | from ever having to be from to keep me from ever having to be the villain so let's hop right into it y'all |
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