I hesitate to use a pathologizing label, but underneath the so-called narcissistic personality is definitely shame and the paralyzing fear of being ordinary.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
I've been acting for a long time now, but as narcissistic as this sounds - and I don't mean it to sound - every time I see my name up there, there is real sense of pride.
I don't think I am narcissistic. I think I have low self-esteem.
There is no shame like poor shame. It can make you warm and charming, bitter and resentful, all at once.
I've always been a narcissist.
There is no shame is being ambivalent about almost everything in your life.
I think narcissists are endlessly watchable. The way they view the world and the way they interact within the world.
There's a thin line between narcissism, even if it's a healthy narcissism, and entertainment.
Narcissism falls along the axis of what psychologists call personality disorders, one of a group that includes antisocial, dependent, histrionic, avoidant and borderline personalities. But by most measures, narcissism is one of the worst, if only because the narcissists themselves are so clueless.
Acting is usually regarded as a wholly narcissistic pursuit but there really is a hunger in me to unravel the human condition.
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