The conversational narcissist: why they always shift the focus back to themselves π£οΈπ
The Mental Healness Podcast
Lee Hammock
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ποΈ 31 March 2026
β±οΈ 11 minutes
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Summary
"They aren't listening; they're just waiting for their turn to talk."
Have you ever shared something personal, only for the other person to immediately say, "That reminds me of the time I..."? That is the Shift Response. Today, Iβm breaking down conversational narcissists. As a diagnosed narcissist, Iβm telling you why we do this. Itβs not just "bad manners"βitβs a calculated way to regain the spotlight and ensure we remain the main character of every interaction.
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| 0:00.0 | How to deal with a conversational narcissist. One of those narcissists that you come across that just |
| 0:06.7 | always seems to want to talk about themselves. Like nothing else matters in this conversation or damn near in |
| 0:13.6 | the world other than what they think about themselves. So the Guardian posted this article right here, |
| 0:18.8 | y'all about it's like, what's your favorite thing about me so |
| 0:22.1 | we all know a person who sees every chat as an opportunity to go on and on about themselves |
| 0:28.8 | and sometimes that person is us you might be the narcissist right you might be the conversational |
| 0:36.1 | narcissists in this state in this situation right here |
| 0:38.3 | So the appearance it says name conversational narcissism christened in 1979 a man conversing with himself or a woman |
| 0:48.3 | Because women had we're good we good we good we're good we're good we're good we're good |
| 0:53.3 | A paradox then not really is just people going on and on about themselves under the cloak |
| 1:00.0 | of a two-way exchange. |
| 1:01.6 | So I know a lot of people have dealt with people like this, where you feel like it's a, |
| 1:05.8 | it's a two-party conversation. |
| 1:07.8 | Y'all are having a general talk. |
| 1:09.5 | Y'all are having a chat talk y'all are having a chat but everything in the |
| 1:13.3 | conversation centers around them how they feel how they act how they think it's very little to do |
| 1:21.3 | with you they don't very as soon as you say something about yourself they're always doing that compare and contrast thing right. |
| 1:29.3 | Where you'll just say, oh, damn, man, I'm, I don't feel good today. |
| 1:33.7 | I'm a little under the weather today. |
| 1:35.9 | And they'll be like, well, I've been under the weather all week. |
| 1:39.0 | I can't believe I made it to work today. |
| 1:41.3 | I can't believe I had to fight through all the sickness and all the illnesses |
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