TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 15 days agoWhy do narcissists have such fragile egos?message-squaremessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up137
arrow-up137message-squareWhy do narcissists have such fragile egos?TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 15 days agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squareowenfromcanada@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 days agoI expect the causation is the other way around. Someone with a fragile ego may become narcissistic to protect themselves.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoJesus. I wonder if that’s what happened to my mother. Never understood how her two siblings were so smart and successful and she was, frankly, a dipshit. Being the youngest and clearly the dumbest must have had an impact.
I expect the causation is the other way around. Someone with a fragile ego may become narcissistic to protect themselves.
Jesus. I wonder if that’s what happened to my mother. Never understood how her two siblings were so smart and successful and she was, frankly, a dipshit. Being the youngest and clearly the dumbest must have had an impact.