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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 5 years ago

I sometimes think of narcissism as a sort of parasitic disease. The ego, originally a helpful construct, swells uncontrollably, metastasizes and seizes control of its human host. The host will then act against its own interests, damaging relationships with others to serve the ego

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 5 years ago
Replying to @visakanv

“self-terrorized” is a phrase to chew on https://t.co/wh9icwMATL https://t.co/2X6LcKri2C

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 6 years ago

The inflated ego of the tyrant is a curse to himself and his world - no matter how his affairs may seem to prosper https://t.co/H7EYjDmkNK

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 5 years ago
Replying to @visakanv

the mistake with trying to help a person address their narcissism is to address the narcissism head on. It’s like telling a weak king that his most trusted advisor is corrupt. You’re right, but he won’t trust you over the advisor, who warned him that that’s what you’d say https://t.co/2Ma30TLQo1

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Fred@FriedKielbasa• over 5 years ago
Replying to @visakanv

@visakanv Depending on how you define narcissism, I don't think it's necessarily negative in all cases. I'd say most cases of "believing in yourself" when nobody else does amount to narcissism.

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