The Struggle of a Vulnerable Narcissist

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Mad Men is a show that explores through Don Draper The struggle that a vulnerable narcissist faces. Throughout the show there are times when people do see through Don Draper's mask. He panics and he usually responds by either deflecting or By flexing here's an example of both Well, I'm not saying a new name is easy to find And we will give you a lot of options But it's a label on a can That will promise the quality of the product that's inside.

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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