It cant be so quickly labeled narcissism. If a child is raised being mistreated and knows nothing else, then continues with the only behavior he knows is that narcissistic
People often feel justified in putting down bullies. Perhaps the bully knows he'll be viewed negatively and feels, though his own mistreatment, he deserves to be viewed this way.
Most likely the thing most bullies need is to see acceptance and love modeled and even felt.
It's well known children will attempt to live up to (or down to) the expectations placed on them given the right motivation.
I'm not saying it's all narcissism. A lot of it is but not all of it is narcissism. As a child, I was a lot like my mother. I shared her narcissistic tendencies and I bullied kids psychologically. Of course, I got caught. A true narcissist normally doesn't get caught because they are masters at playing the victim. Perhaps the OP is the one to tell whether or not the people who bully them are seldom ever caught or are watched by the faculty and staff at school.
It's one thing to have sympathy for a bully but another to condone what they do because of pity. Pity helps no one, not even the victim, and I assure you I've been a victim of many things in my life. In this instance I told very few people because I knew that I was either going to be falsely accused or because the bully was pitied so much that no one took my side. It was hard on me because I was bullied at school and then I went home to bullying, screaming
and beatings. No one had my side. Also, I had no friends.
I'm not saying that all bullies are narcissist. Some of them bully because it's their sense of humor, which means that they make fun of others in other in order to feel cool, but not to really hurt anyone. Being teased if their sense of humor, which applies to them as well as the people they are making fun of. Others bully because they were bullied by narcissists and they are only mirroring the pain, but it doesn't mean that they are full-blown ─ this was me when I was between 5 to 12 years old.
My perspective is definitely a lot larger than labeling anyone who bullies another person as a narcissist.
No, it's definitely not like that. Not at all. I'd know.