EP 147: Signs You're Dating/Dealing With a Narcissist

This week Carla Wilmaris is back with recurring guest, Paola and a special guest, Mac “The Therapist”. We get deep this week, so grab some wine, a notebook, some tissues, whatever you need because we are going right into it. We are talking about Narcissism. We started the conversation with statistics and how 1 in every 16 Americans has been affected by someone with NPD, then broke down the differences between traits and the disorder. We went down the rabbit hole, and all I can say is buckle up, this is part one to a very necessary conversation we needed to have.

What You’ll Hear:

What is Narcissism? Or Narcissistic Personality disorder (NPD).
How the rise of social media is feeding into the pandemic of narcissism
A narcissistic individual is the opposite of authenticity, they are not able to see what they do to other people
80% of males show narcissistic traits
Is it genetic or caused by upbringing?
Nature vs. nurture
Empathy is the ability to feel for others, narcissist can rationalize empathy- from the mouth out
We now found a language for the term; people have been abused for years and now we have the words for it all
The social media boom is breeding narcissistic tendencies
The difference between traits and the disorder
Plus, much more…

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