Narcissism and Ecoism. That's what we're talking about today on the Shalim show.

Hey, thanks for being here, by the way. I appreciate you. This is going to be interesting because I think

you're going to be able to take a look at what you're seeing in social media, on TV, with politicians,

celebrities, your friends, family members. And it's just, it's going to help make sense of the way

a lot of people are responding or failing to respond to what's happening, whether it's about COVID

or systemic racism or just general issues, right? Like we talked about narcissism and Ecoism

long before these two things were at the forefront of our consciousness. That's what we're talking

about today on the Shalim show. And it's going to be interesting. I promise you, we're not going to

get that philosophical and we're going to pull it all back to the people you know, maybe even you.

First, narcissism and Ecoism are a thought to be opposites. They're on opposite ends of an

extreme spectrum. And you probably are familiar with the term narcissism and what it means to have

a narcissistic personality, which is actually considered a personality disorder. In the second part

of the show, I'm going to go into deeper detail on narcissism. On the other end of the spectrum,

are what is known as echoist. And to be clear, I don't think that this is a disorder that's

recognized by psychologist. It's kind of a concept, if you will. And echoists is someone who's

afraid to make other people uncomfortable. They don't want to be uncomfortable themselves.

They want to take up as little space as possible. Sometimes that means even if it's positive,

right? Like they just, they don't like to feel sad, lonely or scared. Ecoists tend to bury their

own feelings and opinions because they just want them everything to stay the same. They want to

maintain status quo in their own lives. Ecoists tend to be more sensitive emotionally. They're more

vulnerable, I should say, to anyone's opinion of them. Researchers suggest that people who are

considered echoists are people who feel others opinion of them very intensely. Like they

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