Psychology Update : Narcissism and Egocentrism

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Written by : Aditi Saini

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‘I know the best’ and ‘it’s all about me’, suggests Narcissism.

Extreme selfishness, with a grandiose view of one’s own talents and craving for admiration, as characterizing a personality type, is what is known as Narcissism, in psychological terms.

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A narcissist will be wrapped with high levels of self-esteem, grandiosity, self-focus, and self-importance. They think they are more physically attractive and intelligent than just about everyone, and would rather be admired than liked. They are enraged when told they aren’t beautiful or brilliant but aren’t affected much if told they are jerks. Also, if narcissists were just jerks, they would be easy to avoid. The fact that they are entertaining, as well as aggressive and manipulative makes them compelling in the real world and as subjects of psychological scrutiny. Narcissism attain peak in adolescence and start decreasing gradually. 

Psychologist Fredrick Stinson and his colleagues conducted face-to-face interviews with 34,653 adults and found that men are more narcissistic than women across the lifespan.

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There is no denying the fact; we all have got narcissism within. Self confidence, self respect, self sufficiency are the traits of narcissism that embellish our personality. But when this narcissism starts striding limits, it then becomes a disorder. Narcissists crave for a marked need of attention and try of adapt every possible way, to please the other sex. They are being subjugated by over confidence that hits them hard, too hard to stand again many a times. Ego gulps their mind and they hate being said, ‘no’.

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Commonly, egocentrism is adhered with narcissism. Egocentrism is the inability to understand or assume any perspective other than theirs. But there exists a difference between both the terms. For a narcissist, his/her ego is greatly influenced by the approval of other people, while for an egocentric; this may or may not be true. Like narcissism, egocentrism also domicile within every individual up to some extent, and start being a danger, when it crosses the limit. One of the most negative impacts of egocentrism is isolation from the good and loved ones. Very often, an egocentric is dominating and consider him the mightiest and worthiest irrespective of the person he might be comparing with. This often leads to plague the good relations, understanding, and hurting others person’s self respect.

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Narcissism and egocentrism may lead to depression and stress. For if the thirst for self attention and domination is not quenched, the person starts overthinking and takes too much stress. These are not negative habit, simply, these are not habits. They come under psychological disorder and can be cured. 

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But one needs to understand that this is a problem and needs healing. Meditation is one of the best solutions. It helps to recognize the best part of one’s soul and cleans mind and shoo away the stress, anxiety, ego, dirty thoughts. Being loving, kind and helpful is the way of living a ‘divine life’

A happy and satisfied life is possible. Just kill that narcissism.

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