Season 2-- Episode 12. What is a narcissist really? And is a little narcissism not so bad? Ruthann Harpur, a psychologist from the U.K, helps us understand the nuances.
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I met Ruthann on a Facebook group that centers on podcasting. I was looking for guests for The Storied Human. She was particularly interested in speaking to me because she works with narcissists and people who are dealing with narcissists and she wanted to talk a bit about the Greek myth of Narcissus, the beautiful man who fell in love with his reflection. But there was another character in this story, and that was the lovelorn Echo, whose love for Narcissus remains unrequited.
Ruthann helps us understand that a small amount of narcissism is not a bad thing. She introduces us to the idea that narcissism is a spectrum, and the popular idea is that all narcissists are the worst kind-- abusive and horrid. The truth is more subtle, as it often is.
You can find Ruthann at ruthann@ruthannharpur.co.uk and on Youtube and TikTok. The psychologists she mentioned are below:
Craig Malkin, Rethinking Narcissism / The Narcissist Test (its under 2 different titles but it is the same book)
Keith Campbell, The New Science of Narcissism
Wendy Behary, Disarming the Narcissist
Her website is
https://www.ruthannharpur.co.uk
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Original music "Saturday Sway" by Brendan Talian
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