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Why do we fear narcissism?

narcissism, by ArtChick

narcissism, by ArtChick
We are in an age of unprecedented self-admiration — but why does this trouble us so much?

by: Kristin Dombek

The word might occur to you at dinner, at around minute 15 or so of a monologue that began the minute your companion arrived. There wasn’t a discernible difference between her arrival and the commencing of the monologue; barely a greeting, in fact, just wave after wave of language, stories whose subject is the same (how she’s been maligned or overlooked, perhaps), and she is not even pausing to breathe, and your breath shortens, as if it’s physically possible for a human being to suck the air out of another human being’s lungs from across the table.

https://www.ft.com/content/1882c54e-607c-11e6-ae3f-77baadeb1c93#axzz4HkbrGqGT

3 thoughts on “Why do we fear narcissism?

  1. I do not “fear” narcissism. Constant craving for attention is a sad personality disorder.

    Problem is that a narcissist does not realize that no one is interested in them.

  2. I disagree that it’s 100% true. Narcissists often do attract admirers as well as detractors; viz. our past “council minority,” the current Republican candidate for President, and many others.

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