Post by Khoo Boon Han

𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 (𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬) 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠: - Excessively self-focused…. everything somehow circles back to them - Needing constant admiration….. praise is oxygen - Low on empathy… they struggle to genuinely care about other people’s feelings - Entitled…. rules apply to others, not them - Manipulative…. guilt-tripping, gaslighting, or playing the victim. At a medical level, narcissism is a recognised mental disorder and deserve the empathy, sympathy and compassion for these unfortunate colleagues of ours. And YES… people with it didn’t wake up one day and choose to be that way. It’s often rooted in early trauma, neglect, over-indulgence, or stress. So perhaps we should stop calling them derogatory names like jerk, asshole, prick, or douche. Little understanding can go a long way to acknowledge that everyone carries their own struggles, visible or not. 𝘗.𝘚: 𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘥𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. #kbhsays