The speaker distinguishes covert (fragile) and overt (grandiose) narcissists, explaining that covert types self-supply and regulate internally while overt types depend on external supply and external regulation. Four reactions to failure are outlined—narcissistic injury and mortification when failing to deceive oneself, and self-efficacy injury (covert) versus narcissistic injury (overt) when failing to deceive others—and modification is described as a more severe breakdown that is public in overt cases and private in covert cases. The talk also emphasizes that narcissists intentionally generate crisis and drama as instrumental defenses against depression and anxiety, using abuse and spectacle to sustain grandiosity and a sense of purpose. Two Ways to Injure a Narcissist: Narcissistic (overt) vs. Self-efficacy (covert) Injury