Hi, NSQ listeners.

Before we start the show, we should note that today's conversation briefly touches on presidential politics,

but it was recorded before the November 5th election.

We hope you enjoy the episode.

Sounds riveting.

I'm Angela Duckworth.

I'm Mike Mon.

And you're listening to No Stupid Questions.

Today on the show, what does it mean to be a narcissist, really?

I'm so tired of just thinking about myself all the time.

I'm so tired of just thinking about myself all the time.

Mike, we have an email from Aditi, and I'm going to read it to you. You ready? Yes, I am. All right. Dear Angela and

Mike, is narcissism a range? I was wondering what percentage of people are truly so narcissistic

that it has a negative impact on people. How do we identify them? What would be an effective solution to minimize their

possible negative impact on society? Regards Aditi. Well, I love Aditi's question. I mean,

narcissism gets its name, of course, from Narcissus, who's a character in Greek mythology,

who goes to, I think it's a lake or a pond and sees his own reflection and falls so in love with himself that he will neither eat nor drink nor move until he can be with this reflection we love so much and ultimately dies, right?

Yeah, so captivated he is rooted to the spot. You remember how the myth ends, right?

Well, I thought he just dies because he's just so infatuated with himself. But remind me.

So I don't remember probably all the details of the myth, but what I recall is that he catches this reflection of himself.

This is, of course, before mirrors. You know,

he's rooted there to the spot. And then dies and the flower, narcissist, actually springs up

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