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Re:Ask HN: How did you fix your narcissism? by texasbigdata on Thursday February 06, 2020 @03:00PM (#22259702)
I went to my therapist once and said "I have terrible news, according to this book on narcissism, 8 of the 13 symptoms apply. I'm totally one. How can I fix it? Is it fixable?"

And she smiled and said..."a real narcissist would never ask that."

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Re:Ask HN: How did you fix your narcissism? by kempbellt on Thursday February 06, 2020 @06:10PM (#22261452)
That's the snarky wit of a great therapist healing you of your worry in a single sentence.
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Re:Ask HN: How did you fix your narcissism? by variable11 on Thursday February 06, 2020 @03:54PM (#22260178)
Yeah, but it's not a binary thing, it's a continuum. It's perfectly possible for someone like you, the OP, myself, others reading this to have strong narcissistic tendencies but to be self-aware enough to want to change and not be a complete malignant narcissist, the kind who destroy lives and end up on true crime podcasts.
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