The Dark Triad and Narcissism

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The dark triad has become very popular here lately as well, especially on dating sites. It mimics assertiveness and mimics Confidence it gives off the same cues as confidence For a while and then what happens is someone who's dating someone in the dark triad will start to get behind those defenses. They'll start to expose vulnerabilities And that's when the person cranks it up and they usually take it out on the person they're with.

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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