posted on May, 17 2021 @ 05:52 PM
Saying with caution, we all have narcissistic qualities, or elements.
I guess the "disorder" part enters when we abuse other people, and cause them harm.
Sure, we've all done it in kindergarten, but at some point most people with normal empathy shall stop.
And yeah a lot of it is really very childish - arrested development of sorts.
Sure I might like some of my pictures, and others think, what a "douche-bag".
But I don't harm anybody with that.
In fact, I might try to show people about HIV and recovery and that.
Maybe that's also "narcissism", but it's not malignant.
"Malignant narcissism" is such a grandiose defense mechanism that it has to hurt and de-valuate somebody else.