Revisiting Narcissism with Dr. Ramani Durvasula

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Jameela Jamil

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🗓️ 3 September 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

It’s time to revisit the topic of narcissism, as Jameela re-releases one of the most appreciated episodes from the I Weigh archive. Join Clinical Psychiatrist and author Dr. Ramani Durvasula who helps Jameela break down the ins and outs of narcissism. They cover what it is, the different forms it takes, how the world encourages narcissism in its leaders, how to recognize narcissism in a relationship, the ways narcissism is nurtured, how to survive in a relationship with a narcissist, and more. Check out Dr. Ramani Durvasula’s books on narcissism, Don’t You Know Who I Am and Should I Stay or Should I Go wherever books are sold. You can follow Dr. Ramani Instagram @doctorramani

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0:00.0	I'm going to be here. Dr Ramanii welcome to Iway how are you?
0:17.0	Thank you Jamil. I'm great. Thank you, how are you? Thank you.
0:23.2	How are you doing?
0:24.7	I'm really good.
0:25.8	I'm so excited to talk to you.
0:28.0	I have been thinking about you every day.
0:31.0	No, but honestly, I've been watching your videos, watching your
0:34.2	interviews, sending them to everyone I know and your work has been so important to
0:40.7	so many people you have completely
0:42.5	revolutionized the conversation around narcissism and so it's a huge honor to have you on the
0:49.1	podcast. Well that's really kind and I appreciate it thank you and I'm so glad
0:52.4	you want to have this conversation because I think it's important for people to hear it.
0:56.0	A hundred percent and I, you know, I've read a lot of your work around how narcissism, like we are currently in a generation where narcissism is kind of being
1:06.0	like willingly bred now you know it's something that we don't consider even that
1:11.3	toxic or that bad anymore it It's kind of become so
1:13.9	hyper-normalized that we are contributing to the problem. Before we get into all of
1:18.9	that, I just want to ask you, what is narcissism for someone who has no idea?
1:24.0	So narcissism is a pattern, it's a personality pattern
1:28.0	and it's considered to be a rigid and maladaptive pattern,
1:32.0	meaning that it's not really good for anyone and it's not
1:35.0	rigid meaning it's not likely to change but it's a pattern characterized by a person who has
1:41.1	generally low empathy but it's a little complicated but we'll just call it a lack of empathy,
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