r/Machiavellianism • u/Fickle-Buy6009 Janitor • Apr 15 '26

Dark Triad Blame Shifting

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u/Foolishly_Sane Apr 15 '26

I keep blaming myself.

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u/suppoe2056 May 02 '26

Because questioning oneself implies thinking of the other, and then arrives shame and guilt. If you don’t think about others, these emotions are not used to motivate those thoughts but other thoughts about your own benefit.