Narcissists rely on flying monkeys to drive their agendas. How many types of flying monkeys are there?
Benevolent Flying Monkey
A benevolent flying monkey is an individual with a sociotropic nature. This makes them vulnerable to manipulators. Sociotrophic people suffer from the so-called “disease to please.” This means that flying monkeys tend to put the needs of others ahead of theirs.
Often they unwittingly aid and abet a narcissistic person’s campaign of emotional abuse because manipulators are quick to discern a sociotropic person’s powerful longing for external validation.
Benevolent flying monkeys are not consciously trying to cause harm. A benevolent flying monkey is likely to have been subjected to the narcissistic person’s love-bombing and gaslighting tactics. They are usually acting in good faith based on the narcissist’s persuasive vilification of the person they’ve targeted for abuse.