The Link Between Narcissism and Insecurity

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Insecurity and narcissism on that level flipping a coin 20 maybe even 30 times and becoming a pet 30 times So there's a strong link David between narcissism and insecurity. If you flip the coin 17 times and it came up heads 17 times I'll be I'll be quite surprised We're quite surprised, we want to be quite surprised. The standard of care is that this is seen as a part of a delusion so they have to do reality testing in other words Challenging narcissists unlike their bare like illusions that everyone likes them and they're better.

In this episode we explore what narcissism is and what is most-definitely is not. You will learn is that narcissists are not psychopaths, and vice-versa, but there is a form of narcissism which had been, up until now, confused with psychopathy, and vice-versa. According to the research of the two psychologists in this episode, narcissism may even need to be renamed, because it isn't excessive self-love, it's excessive self-loathing. Narcissists like Don Draper in Mad Men cope with their insecurity by donning a mask, and then spend most of their lives protecting that mask out of a fear of what will happen if people ever see what it hides.

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