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piper5177 t1_j1ebcxz wrote

Reply to comment by snash222 in Narcissistic tendencies moderate the association between testosterone levels and generosity in men by chrisdh79

I’m pretty sure narcissism is a variable trait. Everyone has some narcissism, some very little and some a lot.

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BlurryBigfoot74 t1_j1egz13 wrote

There's internal narcissism and external narcissism. Some traits of narcissism overlap with mentally healthy people like having a large circle of friends.

Quite often people are called narcissists when they're just highly confident people.

Narcissism gets thrown around a lot, quite often having nothing to do with what psychologists consider narcissm.

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bdubdub t1_j1eolus wrote

Same goes for misuse of the term “antisocial”

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LostMyKarmaElSegundo t1_j1g5522 wrote

Yes, most people use the term to mean "asocial", as in not wanting to be around people. Antisocial behavior is that which is at odds with society, not just wanting to avoid it.

The more you know...

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Kono_Gabby t1_j1ejhkw wrote

I'd describe my father as a narcissist but tbh he probably has anti social personality disorder (not a Dr, he just checks a concerning amount of boxes) but yeah ppl do fly fast and lose with the term narcissist now.

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PandaTheVenusProject t1_j1eqrnd wrote

I've been told that I stood like a narcissist by someone who never talked to me at a show.

It made me and my friend bust up.

I wish there was a popular movie that made fun of someone for misusing the word. If you are confident or just not self depreciating you are a narcissist in America.

It's dangerous to not know what a narcissist actually is.

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cheyenne_sky t1_j1gltzs wrote

There’s not really such a thing as internal vs external narcissism traits. Certain external behaviors may or may not be signs of narcissism, it depends on what’s going on internally to an extent.

For people who have narcissistic traits (and all of us have elements of some) some traits can be favorable for achieving popularity and success. There’s also traits that can be personally and socially detrimental.

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