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minus-squareDamarcusArtlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoI think using a term like “self-absorbed” or “egotistical” or even “main character syndrome” could work well to separate someone being self-obsessed from someone with actual NPD.
minus-squareAbraxiel@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoWhat are you really changing about what you’re communicating when you do that though?
minus-squaresilent_water [she/her]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoyou’re pulling out a medicalized term and replacing it with something more accurate
I think using a term like “self-absorbed” or “egotistical” or even “main character syndrome” could work well to separate someone being self-obsessed from someone with actual NPD.
What are you really changing about what you’re communicating when you do that though?
you’re pulling out a medicalized term and replacing it with something more accurate