Ask HN: How did you fix your narcissism?

Re:Ask HN: How did you fix your narcissism? by fao_ on Thursday February 06, 2020 @05:09PM (#22260954)

> How do you do find someone good that you trust? How do you find someone worth the time? The couple of times I've tried to find someone you end up making a lot of unreturned phone calls.

But it's the same with Doctors. Some doctors won't listen to your symptoms, some doctors might have old information, or brush you off.

Would you put off going to a doctor because of those problems?

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Re:Ask HN: How did you fix your narcissism? by fossuser on Thursday February 06, 2020 @05:41PM (#22261244)

It's not really the same with doctors.

With doctors there are places everyone goes where you can sign up and get a doctor which is relatively easy to schedule. From there for routine stuff there's less variability, you just do your routine checkup, and you'll be referred to experts if necessary.

There's also a higher minimum standard to get an MD.

It's both way easier to find one and easier to determine they're qualified/actually know what they're talking about (though obviously there's still variance in quality just not as bad).

With therapists there's no clarity around any of this really.

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Re:Ask HN: How did you fix your narcissism? by fao_ on Thursday February 06, 2020 @11:18PM (#22263178)

> There's also a higher minimum standard to get an MD.

If you see a psychotherapist, they have to be certified as an MD and then they get therapist training.

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Re:Ask HN: How did you fix your narcissism? by staticautomatic on Thursday February 06, 2020 @11:40PM (#22263272)

No. Psychologists can be psychotherapists. Psychiatrists can be psychotherapists too, but most aren't.

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Re:Ask HN: How did you fix your narcissism? by fao_ on Friday February 07, 2020 @05:20PM (#22271728)

Ahh, sorry yes you're right. 'Psychiatrist' was what I was after.

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