Could be that you were just encountering any of several types narcissists, who in their fragile egos cannot entertain curiosity or criticism or advice as anything but an attack on their perfect image of themselves that they identify with.
There are various free online tests to help towards making a determination as to which it may be. Or even both.
Am I autistic? I have definitely done this by accident.
Could be.
Could be that you were just encountering any of several types narcissists, who in their fragile egos cannot entertain curiosity or criticism or advice as anything but an attack on their perfect image of themselves that they identify with.
There are various free online tests to help towards making a determination as to which it may be. Or even both.