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DRAMA MAMA

do you think you're special?

DRAMA MAMA

BENOFTHEWEEK

Fiction, News, Drama, Entertainment News, Comedy

4.93.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Do you think you're special? If everyone's special than is no one special? Why do we think someone is more important than someone else? This week Ben grapples with the frustration of our society equating greater worth to certain people over others. Ben breaks down why he thinks seeing yourself as special is problematic and the ways in which this trend in today's society harms us. Watch the podcast on YouTube: https://bit.ly/DramaMamaYouTube Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/DramaMamaBENOFTHEWEEK If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be helpful! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: https://bit.ly/DramaMamaBENOFTHEWEEK Follow Ben on YouTube Follow Ben on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Do you think you're special?

0:05.6

I'm not asking that in a condescending way.

0:08.6

I'm not trying to be like, do you think you're special?

0:11.4

What about you?

0:12.8

Makes you think that you're better than others.

0:14.9

But I'm kind of asking that.

0:18.1

I've really been curious and just racking my brain about the whole concept of being special.

0:26.6

What it means to have the view of yourself be higher than the view of anyone that you

0:33.9

come across.

0:35.9

This is kind of like a learned thing.

0:37.7

I don't think people pop out of the womb and think, I am born to be a star unless it's

0:42.4

like a fucking Disney Pixar movie or something.

0:45.9

And I want to talk about how it's kind of creeped into some people's minds to really just

0:52.3

let their ego go unchecked and in some cases become a little bit more on the narcissistic side.

1:02.4

And this all kind of came to a boiling point for me because I really just am allergic

1:07.2

to like narcissistic people.

1:09.3

It's something that like has bothered me and I've come across a lot of narcissistic people

1:14.8

in the past few years and it really grinds my gears.

1:18.8

But I realize that there's, you know, this blatant narcissism, there's people that like

1:24.4

think they are God's gift to earth and everyone shall bow down to them.

1:29.4

But then there's the much quieter version of it, which I think is, you know, the concept

1:34.9

of just thinking that you are special.

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