I'd like to see clearer in the issue of narcissism in the broader, not strictly in the clinical definition sense. [...] in the broader sense, even something like being shy can be interpreted as a form of narcissism
Of course if you look at a term in a broader sense you can look broadly enough that everything qualifies.
What purpose do you want to achieve by having a broad notion of narcissism?
Mainly whether it is more widespread now, a generational illness or not, does social media seem to increase or enable it, and do I or my loved ones "suffer" from it and to what extent.
Maybe focus on the social media aspect, perhaps it is the best approachable. Suppose social media is drifting towards validating posts like "When I was done laughing and taking pictures, I helped him clean his beard." What class of behaviors are this an instance of? Of course an LW favorite would be "status seeking" but I think is, at best the ot...
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