Dr. Ramani Durvasula: ...how to stay sane in an era of narcissism, entitlement, and incivility

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🗓️ 15 April 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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On this episode, the topic is narcissism! Few of us lead lives that are untouched by narcissists. If we’re in a relationship with one or have a narcissistic boss, we may find ourselves feeling self-doubt, despair, confusion, anxiety and depression.

Joining us is clinical psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Ramani Durvasula, who is on a mission to demystify and dismantle the toxic influence of narcissism. Her latest book is called, Don't You Know Who I Am?": How to Stay Sane in an Era of Narcissism, Entitlement, and Incivility.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Nobody Told Me.
0:10.9	I'm Laura Owens.
0:12.1	And I'm Jan Black.
0:13.3	On this episode, the topic is narcissism.
0:16.4	Few of us lead lives that are untouched by narcissists.
0:19.6	If we're in a relationship with one or have a
0:21.7	narcissistic boss, we may find ourselves feeling self-doubt, despair, confusion, anxiety, and depression.
0:28.2	Joining us is clinical psychologist and best-selling author, Dr. Romney-Dervasala, who is on a mission
0:34.6	to demystify and dismantle the toxic influence of narcissism. Her latest book is called
0:40.3	Don't You Know Who I Am, How to Stay Sane in an Era of Narcissism, Entitlement, and Incivility. Thank you so much for
0:48.7	joining us, Doctor. Thank you so much for having me. I'm really appreciative of it. I'm so glad you want to have this conversation.
0:55.4	Yeah. And we're wondering, why did you title the last book, Don't You Know Who I Am? What's the meaning behind that title?
1:02.9	So it's sort of one of the narcissistic person's calling cards. Every one of us has seen a narcissistic person getting into an entitled Huff saying, don't you know who I am?
1:12.5	As though they should be accorded special treatment.
1:15.5	And, you know, it doesn't just happen in a public place where, I don't know, a person's not getting the table at the restaurant they want or they're being made to wait in line.
1:23.2	Sometimes people even encounter this in their close relationships or sort of holding a partner accountable or something like that.
1:29.7	The person will say, don't you know who I am? So it's sort of like the mantra of the entitled.
1:35.4	What is the cause of narcissism?
1:38.7	It's a complicated question because it's not a nice, easy, linear path. The likely answer is sort of a mashup of some
1:46.6	sort of temperamental factors like sort of our inborn personality, but the bulk of it is what we
1:52.9	call social developmental. It's the stuff that happened to a child in their early life. So I don't
1:58.4	think that they're really born. They really are made. But what happens is a
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