The Infamous Dirty Word: Narcissist
Updated: Apr 1, 2020

โฃ Narcissism is basically the state of being egotistical, self-focused, and vain. ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ. Thatโs because they are proud of themselves. You can ask them directly because they donโt see narcissism as a negative quality โ they believe they are superior to other people and are fine with saying that publicly.โฃ โฃ What many people donโt realize is that true narcissism is a deep rooted defense mechanism against feelings of inferiority. โฃ โฃ The person portrays a mask of arrogant superiority in an attempt to convince everyone that they are a ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ, but, inside, the person feels very insecure about their self-worth.โฃ โฃ This makes the person hypersensitive to minor slights that someone with healthy narcissism would not even notice. โฃ โฃ Someone with an unhealthy level of narcissism is easily hurt by actions and words of others, takes any form of disagreement as a serious criticism to their self-worth, and responds by devaluing and abusing anyone with an opposing opinion. โฃ โฃ The term โ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ตโ is exploited today. Itโs thrown around and used to describe anyone who has confidence in their position or themselves. โฃ โฃ ๐ช๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ; ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ; ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ. Healthy narcissism is relatively impervious to the minor slights and setbacks that we all experience as we go through life. Normal narcissism causes us to love and care for ourselves. It helps us to do things that are in our genuine self-interest, and is associated with authentic self-respect. โฃ โฃ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ:โฃ โฃ Someone with narcissistic personality disorder is grandiose (sometimes only in fantasy), lacks empathy, and needs admiration from others, as indicated by five of these characteristics:โฃ
A grandiose sense of self-importance and exaggerates achievements and talents.โฃ
Dreams of unlimited power, success, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love.โฃ
Lacks empathy for the feelings and needs of others.โฃ
Requires excessive admiration.โฃ
Believes he or she is special and unique, and can only be understood by, or should associate with other special or of high-status people (or institutions).โฃ
Unreasonably expects special, favorable treatment or compliance with his or her wishes.โฃ
Exploits and takes advantage of others to achieve personal ends.โฃ
Envies others or believes theyโre envious of him or her.โฃ
Has โan attitudeโ of arrogance or acts that way.
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