“Narcissism” is the scarlet letter label of our day. Unfortunately, narcissism gets bundled in with legitimate self-esteem and self-respect. The fact remains: Your life is an end in itself — to you; and it should be. Ditto for me. Ditto for everyone. Honoring the self is not narcissism. Narcissism is when you want to value yourself, and you want everyone else to orbit around you too. Narcissists seek to grant themselves self-interest, denying it to everyone else.
A big double standard. The truth: It’s possible to be self-interested while respecting the fact that everyone else has the same prerogative. If you can’t handle this fact, you probably aren’t quite ready for the real, adult world.
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