[kennyc]

......We now think of this striving for superiority as a feature of narcissistic personality disorder, that deviation in normal development that results in a person’s constant search to boost self-esteem. The two kinds of narcissists are the grandiose (who feel super-entitled) and the vulnerable (who, underneath the bravado, feel weak and helpless). Some may argue that at their core, both types of narcissists have a weak sense of self-esteem, but the grandiose narcissist may just be better at the cover-up. 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.

Narcissism doesn’t always reach pathological levels, but it can characterize people to more or less of a degree. Using the concepts of “overt” and “covert” narcissism instead of grandiose and vulnerable, some personality researchers believe that they can learn more about the type of narcissism you might spot in everyday life. University of Derby (U.K.) psychologist James Brookes (2015) decided to investigate the way that people high on these tendencies actually feel about themselves both in terms of self-esteem and self-efficacy, or one’s confidence in their ability to succeed.
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4 Signs That Someone Feels Insecure | Wall Streams

[here today]

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?

[Atypical_Disaster]

An inferiority complex can be found in almost any mental illness.