Why Narcissists Target Strong People: A Diagnosed POV
The Mental Healness Podcast
Lee Hammock
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Learn the real reasons why narcissists choose you and why you were targeted for your strengths rather than your weaknesses. As a diagnosed narcissist, I’m breaking down why "the light" in you is exactly what attracts a predator and how your empathy was weaponized against you. Stop feeling like a victim and start understanding the value you have that they tried to claim as their own.
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| 0:00.0 | Why did the narcissist choose you? |
| 0:05.0 | That's the question as a diagnosed narcissist that I get asked all the time. |
| 0:09.0 | Lee, why did the narcissists choose me? |
| 0:11.0 | Did they choose me because I was weak? |
| 0:13.0 | Did they choose me because I was broken because I was vulnerable? |
| 0:16.0 | Why do they choose me? |
| 0:17.0 | They choose me because of my legs, my hair, my teacher. |
| 0:20.0 | Why did they pick me Lee tell me I got |
| 0:24.2 | you I got you I got you right here because a lot of people I think answering this question |
| 0:31.1 | will bring a lot of people clarity and peace and help them move forward on their healing journey |
| 0:35.3 | but I don't hope this video does is help you go back into a toxic relationship. Because I say something and you're like, oh, Lee, they chose me because of that. Oh my goodness, I need to give them another chance. I really need. I've been looking for a reason to reach out to them. Thank you, Lee. I did not say that. I didn't say giving them another chance. I said why they chose you? |
| 0:55.5 | No, but seriously, do not take this as a reason to go back into toxicity, give an abusive person another chance. |
| 1:01.4 | This is literally just me explaining why a narcissist could have chose you right. So straight to the point. |
| 1:07.8 | Narcissists don't necessarily look for people that are broken now i'm not saying that |
| 1:14.0 | because it doesn't happen it does happen you could be in a vulnerable state you could be going |
| 1:19.6 | through something you could absolutely be grieving the loss of a parent a friend coworker pet |
| 1:30.5 | job whatever you could be grieving a loss of something. |
| 1:33.9 | You could be going through something. You could be by yourself now. You could be going through a breakup, |
| 1:41.6 | right? You could have just gotten rid of or just got discarded by another narcissist. It could absolutely happen. But typically typically narcissists are not going out looking for |
| 1:45.7 | broken people. Now, could you eventually become broken while you were in this relationship? |
| 1:51.6 | Yes, you absolutely could, right? It just like, you absolutely could be. These, these relationships |
| 1:57.9 | do change you, right? I think they go without saying the same person who walks into the toxic relationship is not going to be the same person that leaves the relationship right that's just not how it works so it's going to change you but like said most narcissists don't go out looking for broken people. Narcissists go out looking for people that have something that we lack. Typically, it's empathy. Typically, narcissists are going out looking for people that are highly empathetic, that carry a lot of empathy, that care a lot. that's why you hear me say in so many videos |
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