The Age of Narcissism.
In this ever vast age of social networking, the amount of self portraits (or the popular euphemism for it “selfies”) you upload determines whether or not you are worthy to be labelled as a narcissist in the community of Instagram or whatever gets people going these days.
The ubiquitous use of the word narcissism seems to grow greater, as the meaning of the word deteriorates by the use and despite popular belief; self confidence and pictures of yourself don’t quite complete the cut. I myself am uncertain as to what it can be defined as, having questioned a friend and to what he believes it’s “excessive self love” but to what extent does the self love become harmful to others? Are we uncomfortable with ones dependency on our admiration for them? Is their ultraconfidence discomforting towards us? Or is it their lack of empathy? But is that not everyone? Combined with our superior complexity and selfishness are we not all fit to be narcissists? Desirable isn’t it?
On the contrary, another friend I had asked, Jay (Dirty Native Chief) believes that it is indeed excessive love, however he believes that the narcissist is blinded by their surroundings in which they are focusing on themselves rather than thinking that they’re “too good looking” then he goes on to say it’s “deeper than vanity”. He concludes by simply stating that “it’s a little more psychological than it is based on vanity”
This leaves a question of whether it is our actions or how we perceive ourselves in our given surroundings that makes us narcissistic. Perhaps there is even an interdependency between the two. This pre-diagnosis we have on people based on social networking flaws The Goldwater Rule; "Do not offer opinion on someone you have not evaluated."
