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KERALITE
                                                                                                               2018

                                                                       Today’s selfie taking generation are considered to
                                                                       be Narcissistic, is in love with themselves
                                                                       Narcissism is a rising epidemic is today’s world. We
                Narcissism                                             are  constantly  subjected  to  it  on  television  these

                                                                       days through some famous personalities. There are
                a growing                                              a  number  of  people  around  us,  we  know  are

                                                                       su ering from Narcissistic Personality Disorder
                                                                       (NPD). All of us have a degree of Narcissism in us
                menace                                                 and the society sometimes needs narcissistic

                                                                       people. They tend to be strong leaders with large
                                                                       visions, lot of Charisma, oratorical magnetism. They
                                                                       are productive narcissist.  Narcissistic personality
                                                                       disorder  is  more  prevalent  in  males  than  females,
                                                                       and is thought to occur in around 6 percent of the
                                                                       general population, according to research.

                                                                       So what is Narcissism? The term originated from
                                                                       Greek mythology, where the young Narcissus fell in
                                                                       love with his own image reflected in a pool of water.
                Sujatha Iyer
                Life Coach                                             Extreme narcissism is egotistical preoccupation
                Vadodara,Gujrat                                        with self, personal preferences, aspirations, needs,
                                                                       success, and how he/she is perceived by others.
                                                                       Narcissism,  in  lay  terms,  basically  means  that  a
                                                                       person is totally absorbed in self. To him/her,
                   “ The term originated                               people are things to be used. It usually starts with a

                   from Greek mythology,                               significant emotional wound or a series of them
                                                                       culminating  in  a  major  trauma  of  separation/
                   where the young                                     attachment. The narcissist really has two faces, one

                   Narcissus fell in love                              is his real face and the  other is their stage  face.
                                                                       Neither is anything like the other. Anyone who has
                   with his own image                                  not seen the real face will tell you that the narcissist

                   reflected in a pool of                              is the greatest person they have ever met. They are
                                                                       known for their negative, pessimistic, cynical or
                   water. Extreme                                      gloomy outlook on life. Sarcasm is the specialty of

                   narcissism is egotistical                           Narcissist. They lack love and empathy and that is
                                                                       the main reason they attract empaths into their life.
                   preoccupation with                                  They usually never have a good reason for what

                   self, personal                                      they do. They never have a good reason for any of
                                                                       their abusiveness or rage and they think that others
                   preferences, aspirations,                           are like them too except that they are honest and

                   needs, success, and                                 others are hypocrites.  They are necessarily not
                                                                       liars, but they are notoriously famous for
                   how he/she is perceived                             camouflaging the truth. The truth means a risk of

                   by others.”                                         people  seeing them,  the person behind the mask


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