Dr. Olivia Remes on why we are becoming so narcisistic in the aftermath of the impact of the self-esteem movement and modern technology.
Narcissistic Fragility
IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT the ability to experience genuine feelings of joy, love, or compassion. It’s hardly a stretch to suggest that one’s internal ecosystem would be a bleak and desolate landscape. However, if you were to open up the mind of a pathological narcissist and look inside, what you would find is a psychological wasteland riddled with persecutory objects. The ambiguity of malignant…