Understanding, Recognizing, and Dealing with Narcissists with Dr. Craig Malkin

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

We all have narcissistic traits. Having some sense of our own specialness isn’t just normal, it’s actually psychologically healthy. The problems start when people go beyond normal levels, and become addicted to feeling special. Today Forrest is joined by Dr. Craig Malkin to explore narcissism and narcissistic traits. They talk about the different forms narcissism takes, the difference between narcissistic traits and narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), red flags, dealing with narcissists, treatment options, and finding the “right amount” of feeling special.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome to Being Well, I'm Forest Hanson.
0:10.3	If you're new to the podcast, thanks for joining us today, and if you've listened before,
0:14.3	welcome back.
0:15.3	It feels like one of the worst things you can call someone these days is a narcissist,
0:20.2	and while none of us want to be a narcissist, except maybe for actual narcissists, the truth
0:25.5	is that narcissistic traits exist in all of us, and we can think of these traits the
0:29.5	same way we would other traits like extroversion.
0:31.8	They're like a slider that people have inside of them, from feeling very special and unique
0:36.3	on the one hand, to having no particular sense of their own uniqueness on the other.
0:41.4	And having some degree of narcissistic traits isn't just normal, it's actually psychologically
0:45.5	healthy.
0:46.5	The problems start when people go beyond normal levels and become addicted to or dependent
0:50.9	on feeling special.
0:53.1	In this episode, we're focusing on narcissism, including identifying the different forms
0:57.0	it takes, dealing with narcissists, and figuring out if there is such a thing, the right amount
1:02.0	of feeling special.
1:03.7	Tell me do that.
1:04.7	I'm joined today by Dr. Craig Malcolm.
1:06.3	Craig is a lecturer in psychology for Harvard Medical School, a licensed psychologist
1:10.9	with several decades of clinical experience, and the author of rethinking narcissism, the
1:15.8	secret to recognizing and coping with narcissists.
1:19.3	Craig also has a great YouTube channel, so if you're watching this on YouTube right now,
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