Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off a bridge.
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I like to think I'm not a narcissist, but truth be told, we all have those sides to our character.
I've always been a narcissist.
I look back on my life and have to face the fact that I have been narcissistic and selfish.
I don't know if it's naivete or just narcissism, but I start out with this notion that I can do anything. It's not until I get into it that I realize what I've thrown myself into, and then I will do anything not to humiliate myself. And that, I think, is the secret to my success.
I think narcissists are endlessly watchable. The way they view the world and the way they interact within the world.
Since narcissism is fueled by a greater need to be admired than to be liked, psychologists might use that fact as a therapeutic lever - stressing to patients that being known as a narcissist will actually cause them to lose the respect and social status they crave.
One thing a narcissist doesn't like is to look in a mirror that is in any way genuinely reflective of what's on the other side of it.
Our public figures are often narcissists, utterly self-absorbed in their quest for power.
The narcissist act is not an act. I actually am a narcissist, very much so. My world revolves around me.
Narcissism is the part of my personality that I am the least proud of, and I certainly don't like to see it highlighted in everybody else I meet.
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