More correctly called an overt narcissist. The solution is shut them down as soon as the open their mouth to start anything. Do not engage them in conversation, do not have anything to do with them.
These are parasitic people and they know full well what they are doing. They are deliberately attacking you to feed form you because they see you as weak. Also don’t expect anyone to assist you when this attack happens, no they will not take your side or they will become a target too. Those witnessing the attack generally remain silent they refuse to get involved due to self preservation.
All you can ever be to a serial provoker like this is a food source and slave. Do not be foolish enough to think they will change. They will not and cannot change. How can a serial predator be sorry or compassionate? That just does not compute, their survival depends on being a predator no different to a psychopath or a sociopath.
Think of trolls on the internet and there are more and more of both types on earth than ever before. Most people can not even perceive the drop in the vibrational frequencies on earth right now.
To have so many dysfunctional beings on the planet, the planet's vibrational frequency has to be dropped deliberately.
I see this often and know exactly what is going on. I have had things happen on a personal level over the past few weeks myself. I have also been assisting others in similar circumstances also.
At the end of the day though the individual must step up and keep right away from parasitic bullies. No one can make the target of abuse stand up for themselves.They, the targeted person has to man up and help themselves. It is not other peoples position or responsibility to get you, the target out of the abusive situation, especially when there is a high likelihood of the victim going straight back to the abuser.
The target themselves are dragging others into this train wreck wanting the rescuers to stop the abuser. The targeted person plays the vulnerable victim and then they step back letting the rescuer cop the abuse. The targeted person must own the issue and resolve it themselves. To expect others to solve the problem for the target is very selfish and in itself is an abuser creating a chain reaction.
I am speaking from experience and have walked away from two women that dragged me in to their toxic narcissistic relationships. They just expected me to solve their crap for them, without them lifting a finger. That in itself is abuse and I let them know it. I no longer speak to the individuals. And YES, they are still dealing with the problem . Not my circus and not my monkeys.
Heed the warning and take the responsible action needed, do not drag other people into your issues if you are not prepared to take action yourself, you are being selfish and that is a form of abuse in itself. I can tell you from trying to help these women, neither of them expressed any thanks, no, they felt they were entitled to my help because of who I am, and being a fool that helps others in need, I obliged until I had had enough of them. They didn’t care about their issues interfering with my family and causing disruption, no they only cared about what they want. But the kicker is when things are happening in my life the silence is deafening, no one ever asks can they help, I just have to man up.
If you allow abuse, then the abusers and takers have no respect for you. They feel self entitled to take from you as if they own you. There are no free rides in this world unless you are foolish and allow it to happen. Good people can be the targets for abuse of this nature, the person that is a target of the abuse then transfers it to the good person they rope in to help them ( read to do the dirty work because they refuse to). My advice is walk away from this or the whole lot will come down on you.
Do not ever take ownership of that which does not belong to you.