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the only condition where the patient thinks everyone else needs the diagnosis.
means Excessive self-absorption, vanity, and a need for admiration — in clinical use, a personality pattern marked by grandiosity and a striking lack of empathy.
from From Narcissus, the beautiful youth of Greek myth who caught sight of his own reflection in a pool and fell so hopelessly in love with it that he couldn't look away, wasting there until he died — and, in some tellings, became the flower that still bears his name. The Greek name Narkissos may be linked to narkē, 'numbness' (the same root behind 'narcotic'), perhaps hinting at the trance that held him. The clinical term was lifted from the myth in the late 19th century by early psychologists and cemented by Freud.
- name origin
- Greek youth Narcissus drowned chasing his own reflection
- mirror test
- clinical narcissists rate themselves as humbler than average
- social media
- selfies measurably spike narcissism scores over time
- survival upside
- inflated confidence often wins leadership and mating contests
- echo's fate
- the nymph who loved him faded to mere voice
elon musk — frequently publicly displays self-aggrandizing behavior, extensive self-promotion across social media platforms
kanye west — repeatedly proclaimed himself a genius and compared himself to historical figures since the 2000s