“Gaslighting exhausts a victim's internal resources so that they are unable to self-validate.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“Gaslighting exhausts a victim’s internal resources so they are unable to self-validate.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“narcissist, n.: It's not so much looking at your own image as it is thinking the whole world exists to reflect back on you.”— David Levithan, twitter.com
“As victims of psychological violence get closer to the precipice of truth, the man (or woman) behind the curtain creates a great deal of noise to divert their victims from ever seeing what is beneath the surface of their façade and grandiose claims of authenticity. The noise malignant narcissists cr…”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“The best karma a narcissist can receive is actually the weight of your indifference and success after you leave them.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“News flash: Millennials aren't more narcissistic than other generations. We were all a bit more self-centered at 21”— Adam Grant, twitter.com
“I like to see the sudden doubt on his furrowed brow as I use his weapons as boomerangs.”— Shahida Arabi, amazon.com
“Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people.”— Andre Dubus, facebook.com
“The ultimate obscenity is not caring, not doing something about what you feel, not feeling! Just drawing back and drawing in, becoming narcissistic.”— Rod Serling, en.wikipedia.org
“There's the popular notion that, beneath the bluster and bombast of a raging narcissist, there is this deeply wounded and insecure person. After all, what else could explain the unchecked ego, unmitigated entitlement, and grandiosity of narcissism? It must be overcompensation.”— Josh Grubbs, twitter.com
“Narcissists often do a great job of looking like they are doing a great job, when they are actually making things worse.”— Josh Grubbs, twitter.com
“At extreme levels, entitlement is a toxic narcissistic trait, repeatedly exposing people to the risk of feeling frustrated, unhappy and disappointed with life. Often times, life, health, aging and the social world don’t treat us as well as we’d like. Confronting these limitations is especially threa…”— Joshua Grubbs, spring.org.uk
“Relationships with narcissists are held in place by hope of a ‘someday better,’ with little evidence to support it will ever arrive.”— Ramani Durvasula Ph.D., amazon.com
“Eventually the young woman realizes how often it is in her self-interest to make herself desirable. She learns how to arrange herself to generate a kind of reaction. As children learn behaviors by example, so does she learn sexy from the mirror. Media provides the perfect surface (charmed, shiny, sl…”— Larissa Pham, camgirlproject.tumblr.com
“When I look at narcissism through the vulnerability lens, I see the shame-based fear of being ordinary. I see the fear of never feeling extraordinary enough to be noticed, to be lovable, to belong, or to cultivate a sense of purpose.”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“Personal importance, or taking things personally, is the maximum expression of selfishness because we make the assumption that everything is about ‘me.”— Don Miguel Ruiz, amazon.com
“Arrogance or haughtiness is a way to get rid of feelings of inferiority and shame by offloading them onto others.”— Mark Ettensohn Psy.D., amazon.com
“Ultimately, narcissism isn’t really about loving yourself too much. It’s about not having much of an authentic self to love at all. The qualities often associated with stereotypical narcissism— selfishness, arrogance, and entitlement— act as armor, protecting the vulnerable and fragile person inside…”— Mark Ettensohn Psy.D., amazon.com