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Lori Gottlieb On Why You Should Talk To Someone, Therapy, Couples Therapy & Removing Stigmas Around Therapy

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder: A Real Thing

Narcissistic personality disorder is a real thing. And it's not just, oh, they were being selfish in this moment. That doesn't make you a narcissist. It makes you human and maybe you need some attention called to that. There are truly people though who like John in the book, you know, maybe he had narcissistic personality disorder. I talk about how I didn't want to think about him as a diagnosis. But many people who have narcissistic tendencies feel like they seem like they have this over-inflated view of themselves. They're very afraid of connection. So what they do is they push you away with their obnoxious personality. Everybody can get close to a

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