The Good News About Narcissism

Unhooking yourself is simpler than you think.

Kiyomori and Ghost from the 36 Ghosts series by Yoshitoshi [public domain]

Somehow I found occasion this past year to date not one but two gentlemen who displayed the signature behavior patterns of narcissism. After an initial two months of love-bombing bliss, I found myself in a whirlwind of word-salad, fact-checking, confidence-slaying, nonsense arguments. That level of anger had never come up for me, even…