Guys, have you ever just felt too powerful? I'm thinking dark triad here. It's like out of nowhere my narcissism and psychopathy skyrocketed, and I come off way too strong practically everywhere. It's like people bow down and give me crap practically, and it's spooky. The worst thing is it's all kind of a "shit test" by these people (girl or guy). They bow down and give you shit because they expect you to refuse it and be nice, or to assert some of their authority, but instead you exercise your power and just kinda tower over them. It makes other people uncomfortable. Just wondering if anyone has ever felt this?

I know it's probably because my Machiavellism is too low, I still can't show people that I do care what they have to say and just listen to them, but they're all ears to me. It's really eerie/creepy to me, and probably for others. Right now, I'm guessing my corrective action would just be to kinda smile more and listen to them more and thank them, etc etc. But I'm just interested in listening to experiences about this and how you changed it around. I feel like I have to act now to be nice, whereas previously I was overly nice. But now there's another layer... if I take it too far and act REALLY nice, will I just revert back to what I was? What is the fine line? I know this is super broad of a question but yeah. I feel like the assholes of the world took what I have now and just exercised it way too far, and then they ended up being grumpy pieces of shit who make crap money in the long run.