Well, the word narcissism means self obsessed, self-centered. To say that you are a narcissistic person is to say that you are too obssesed with yourself and care too much about yourself than others. This, to many people, would be seen as a bad thing. But actually, is it really that bad?
When a person is self-centered or obssesed, he or she becomes immune to the other pains and anxieties of other people, making them seem as if they are unfeeling towards other people. However, is it really that bad? Firstly, we can look at it from that person's point of view. Maybe the person is just being a little self protective? Or maybe the person has been teased when he was very young, saying that he could not do what other people would dare to do. Thus, he could now be giving himself some self encouragement, and that the other party would, feel mildly offended. That is psychologically common through people. Thus, is there really a need to resent narcissistic people?
Now we can look at the other party's perception. Imagine when you see a person flouting everywhere with his or her results and you obviously got higher than him, but then, when you break the news to him, he would not care and still flouts with his results. Another common psychology of people, when a person flouts about having something good and you have better, you would want to tell those people that they got better, but the news has probably spread out of your range. That is how we can see it from the receiving side.
Thus, this topic does not really have a definite answer, some people may find the person correct, or the other party correct. It is entirely up to one's judging. So, do you think that narcissistic people should be welcomed? Or should they be shunned?
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Narcissistic people are okay as long as they do not overdo certain things and they are not too cocky and boastful...
ReplyDeleteYeah... I think you get my drift
I think that egoism is ok to a certain extent. There must be some self-esteem in order to make yourself feel more treasured and confident. However, narcissism is more or less or different meaning altogether. Narcissism is loving oneself too much, which thus results in you being vain and selfish. Narcissus, a handsome Greek youth, was in love with himself to the extent that he thought he was to good for anyone, everyone. And then he saw his reflection in the water and did not want to gaze away from it, and thus he drowned.
ReplyDeleteI am not saying that narcissism will result in death (or anything negative), I just feel that narcissism will make one too conceited and feel that he is superior.