Hi Kenny,

What is your point in posting this quote? Do you identify as someone who has issues with narcissism yourself? Or have you been in the presence of someone whom you think the article describes? Maybe you would just like to encourage some discussion?

There are lots are articles about narcissism on the net these days. The article you quoted reports on ONE study by ONE psychologist based on his definitions of overt and covert narcissism, self-esteem, and self-efficacy. I don’t get it – what is the big news?

One sentence, for instance, I really take issue with: “In either case, when you’re dealing with someone who’s making you feel inferior, there’s a good chance that narcissism is the culprit.” It seems to me that narcissism may be the culprit, but it’s the lack of healthy narcissism in "you", the person who is “made” to feel inferior, that is the problem.

The final sentence of the article seems valid enough: “I wouldn’t recommend bolstering your sense of self-efficacy by putting down everyone else.” But that just seems obvious to me.

Or am I missing something?