Narcissism Basics Everyone Should Know!
By: Naeem Amin
Tags: Human Psychology, Health, Human Behavior, Narcissism, Narcissistic Disorder

Narcissism Basics Everyone Should Know!

Have you ever analyzed yourself about "Do you have got Narcissism or Narcissistic Personality Disorder?" Or if you're trying to seek out "What Narcissism actually is?" Then fortunately you got that right. Welcome!

Basically, Narcissism means "preoccupied self-love" or "obsessive admiration of oneself's physical impression".

What is History of Narcissism?

In light of history, narcissism got quite an interesting Greek myth. This states that there was a person known as Narcissus and he was so handsome. People used to admire him because of his elegant physical appearance. Up to this point, It's just like a mythical story, but wait! it's quite interesting subsequently.

One day, that fine-looking man passed by a lake with crystal clear water. And sadly, he discovered his own good looks in the reflection. He was stunned by his glimpse and fell in love with himself. Thereafter, the story got a lot of conspiracies that he did suicide due to self-love or he drowned in that water. Whatever the case, but the persuasive thing is "he was obsessed with self-love" and it led towards his death. From here, a personality trait called "Narcissism" was evolved.

Do mirrors have any progressive role in flourishing Narcissism?

A few years back eversince the invention of mirror, Narcissism pervaded to a greater extent in the world population. Yes! You have read it right, the same mirror you see every day with an encomium thought in your mind. The mirror is a very useful and indispensable invention but excessive usage of this is a major indication that you might be undergoing Narcissistic Personality Disorder or simply Narcissism. So be careful in case of using that quality invention!

In Present Times, there are a lot of theories and effects related to Narcissism.

How Narcissism affects other lives?

A narcissistic person is an individual who repeatedly affects the people concerning him.

The most commonly affected part of people's lives due to narcissism is their relationships. A narcissistic person being in a relationship tends to have or demand more care, attention, and somewhat love but he will not show any care to the other partner. Surely, it will lead to deterioration of that very relationship. And if it worked somehow, this disorder will certainly have a bad influence on their children and they will suffer in their lives because of an unstable relationship of their parents, with one or both having NPD.

What are the Types Of Narcissism?

Social Narcissism: It is most common type with a person considering himself a jack of all trades and doesn’t give importance to people around him who are actually more competent than him.

Narcissism of Character: A narcissistic person of this type assumes himself ethically or morally best among others. But in actual means, it is far from the truth.

Intellectual Narcissism: Narcissistic person of that type usually feel much proud of his intelligence and has a mindset that his ideas or suggestions are purely best of all, simply rejecting every other idea presented to him.

Professional Narcissism: Person with this type of narcissism usually exploit or manipulate other people for his nominal gain. And his professional growth always comes after a destructive route followed by him.

Materialistic Narcissism: Person with this type of narcissism is very fond of glory. And often remains busy in boasting or bragging about the money or things he owns.

Narcissism of Power/Position: People with this type of narcissism are very much keen on their occupation or powerful authorities they possess to be added in every conversation they are going through.

Behavioral Narcissism: Behaviour is mainly affected in every type of narcissism mentioned above. A narcissistic person usually holds a kind of egoistic or arrogant behavior towards every second individual in the community.

Do narcissism got any positive or beneficial aspects?

The answer is Yes! But as you understand that excess of everything is bad. The same goes for Narcissism or Self-love if you are in your limits then this will definitely benefit you. In fact, it will aid you in your personal, professional, and social growth. But when you will crossing your limits then it will become a disorder or abnormal thing which will certainly harm you and as well as the creatures related to you.

Negative Aspects Of Narcissism

As mentioned above, when you start crossing your limits or you can say over-narcissism it is the time you will be surrounded by negative or harmful aspects of narcissism.

It is observed that the negatives related to narcissism are more dominant or notable in comparison to positivity related to it.

Over-narcissism has got long term effects related to it, some of them are given below;

Due to over narcissism a circle will be drawn around yourself means your personal social professional or behavioral growth will stop.

There will be a lot of gaps you will get in the process of your personality grooming.

In every walk of life, you will behave and think selfishly. Self-centeredness will surround you so efficiently that you will feel envious when you see a person prospering beside you.

How can you tell if someone is Narcissistic?

Now the problem is how can you identify or analyze yourself for Narcissism? Here, are few indications for narcissism:

A person usually obsessed with seeing a mirror every few minutes.

A person so much worried about his/her looks should critically analyze him/herself for narcissism.

In the modern world, the trend of selfies also flourished narcissism. So if you are so much fond of selfies, you should also analyze yourself for this disorder.

A person always trying to be dominant in every type of conversation and always tries to let others down.

A person trying to be entitled to every situation.

An enormous proportion of Superiority complex.

A person invariably in quest of attention, admiration, or applause.

There are a lot of indications you can relate to narcissism. Few of them are mentioned above, you can compare yourself with them for self-judgment. You can also review different types of narcissism mentioned earlier for self-analysis.

How to shutdown a Narcissist?

No Doubt! dealing with a narcissistic person is really a tough job. Here are points you can apply according to situations.

Apply boundaries around yourself and try to be distant from that very person.

If you are in a relationship with this kind of creature, try to leave as soon as possible.

Mostly Narcissistic Personalities are like a hollow stick. As long as you tolerate them you will suffer. But the day you hold a stand against them there will be a sigh of relief. So don’t be suppressed by such people. You have to speak for yourself. This is best way to handle a narcissist. Your life matters too!

Is there any treatment or solution for narcissism?

Yes! There is a solution to every problem in the world so as narcissism. Here are a few key points can be used as solution or treatment for narcissism:

Observe, understand, and analyze your feelings and behavior keenly.

After your self-analysis now try to understand the feelings of other creatures related to you

Be humble and kind toward others.

You can’t stop your thoughts or feelings but you can divert them, try to change the path of your thought process towards the positive side.

Patience is the key to achieve anything. So be patient and compassionate you will surely get rid of it.

In the end, as you know this is a vast topic. I have just given a basic idea to it. And I hope that it will be helpful for you. Do share & feel free to share your views about this topic in comments section below. Your suggestions means a lot.

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