Two fundamental, psychological, existential questions.

One, why do other people act like that?

And two, why do I act like this?

As always, we'll try to make some progress on those questions.

It's DePresh Mode.

I'm John Moe.

I'm glad you're here.

Music It's Depression mode. I'm John Moe. I'm glad you're here. And yeah, of course, I'm not going to be able to explain all of human behavior in one podcast episode.

Sorry.

But let's take a whack at one particular perspective. Let's look through

one small window to get some psychological behavioral answers. Let's take a look at narcissism,

a narcissistic personality disorder. Now, these are terms that get thrown around a lot,

but that maybe need a little clarifying.

When is someone just being selfish versus having an actual personality disorder?

How does the world actually work according to a true narcissist's mind?

We're going to look beyond the narcissist, though.

Something, I guess, the narcissist has trouble doing. We're going to look beyond the narcissist, though. Something, I guess, the narcissist has trouble doing.

We're going to look at the effect they have on the people around them.

If you've had a parent with narcissistic personality disorder, how does that shape what you have become?

If you have a spouse or a partner like that, what is the effect on you?

My guest is Dr. Stephanie Kreisberg. She's a clinical psychologist with a practice in the Boston area, and she's the author of

adult daughters of narcissistic mothers. Dr. Stephanie Kreisberg, welcome to depression mode.

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