How to Overcome Narcissism in a Different Light

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Narcissism is actually deep in security. What do we do to help someone with narcissistic personality disorder break that cycle of the maladaptive self-elevation? and Become more comfortable with their own insecurities. And then I think also The other takeaway on the flip side is that perhaps looking at grandiose narcissism in a different light as well.

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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