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date: 2013-12-20T00:00:00-05:00
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title: "Narcissistic behavior"
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2023-04-18 16:16:48 +00:00
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tags: [rant, en_us, english, behavior, people]
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2023-04-17 15:54:12 +00:00
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People talk about themselves all the time. Directly or indirectly, they
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usually have the intention to promote their views, opinions, or increase
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their self-esteem. I'm wondering now if I'm too radical when I say that
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I do bother about this behavior...
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Sometimes I can't stand being close to someone who is a narcissist.
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However, what **really** pisses me off is talking to someone who
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**pretends** not to be a narcissist! This is absurdly annoying. They
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frequently talk about themselves, mentioning their freaking
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achievements, secretly waiting for other people to admire them, **but**
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they also like to say that they are not so good as they wanted, or that
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they should give more value to what they do, and so on...
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Oh, man. Really? Can't you just stop appraising yourself externally, and
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start doing this internally, which is by far the most important thing to
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do? Can't you just be a nice guy/girl and stop talking about yourself
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like you were in a freaking presentation?
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On the other hand, I understand that this kind of people probably have
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some serious internal issues (who doesn't, huh?), and they probably want
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everyone to pay attention to them as much as possible. We've got to be
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patient with them, understand their problem, and maybe try to help
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(how??). But sometimes it's just too hard to do that.
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New year's resolution? Nah, I don't think so...
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