Brandon Jones

And for those folks who are part of those cultural groups who have either a limited worldview on mental health, I would encourage those folks if they live in the U.S. to start understanding what narcissism is and see if there's any elements of that within your cultural dynamic.

And for those folks who are part of those cultural groups who have either a limited worldview on mental health, I would encourage those folks if they live in the U.S. to start understanding what narcissism is and see if there's any elements of that within your cultural dynamic.

And then for folks who are a little bit more engaged in mental health from a cultural standpoint, figure out how your culture has normalized or dealt with, is one of the other ways to say that, narcissism. So for example, I'm Black, I'm an African-American person. I know for sure we don't talk about narcissists in our community. We talk about people being crazy.

And then for folks who are a little bit more engaged in mental health from a cultural standpoint, figure out how your culture has normalized or dealt with, is one of the other ways to say that, narcissism. So for example, I'm Black, I'm an African-American person. I know for sure we don't talk about narcissists in our community. We talk about people being crazy.

So we use a word to cover all mental health diagnosis. But there may have been people in our community that have been narcissists that we've known, but we've just said that person was quote unquote crazy. So we've minimized the disorder and we've kind of accepted the behavior and we just gave them a cover all label without truly understanding what that individual was struggling with.

So we use a word to cover all mental health diagnosis. But there may have been people in our community that have been narcissists that we've known, but we've just said that person was quote unquote crazy. So we've minimized the disorder and we've kind of accepted the behavior and we just gave them a cover all label without truly understanding what that individual was struggling with.

You know, one person that comes to mind, and this is not an African-American person, but he had a huge impact on the African-American community, is Jim Jones back in the 70s. So Jim Jones, for folks who are not familiar, he was a cult leader. Let's just be clear. But Jim Jones had a huge influence on the African-American community in the Oakland, California area.

You know, one person that comes to mind, and this is not an African-American person, but he had a huge impact on the African-American community, is Jim Jones back in the 70s. So Jim Jones, for folks who are not familiar, he was a cult leader. Let's just be clear. But Jim Jones had a huge influence on the African-American community in the Oakland, California area.

He got these folks to even leave the country. And ultimately what ended up happening is a fatal ending where hundreds of people lost their lives. And this is where we get the kind of the joke in the community of don't drink the Kool-Aid is it comes from the Jim Jones situation where many people lost their lives down in South America. They were poisoned after the feds were raiding America.

He got these folks to even leave the country. And ultimately what ended up happening is a fatal ending where hundreds of people lost their lives. And this is where we get the kind of the joke in the community of don't drink the Kool-Aid is it comes from the Jim Jones situation where many people lost their lives down in South America. They were poisoned after the feds were raiding America.

The compound that all these folks relocated to. So it's important for us to identify again culturally how we've adjusted to mental health disorders and how we understand things like narcissism so that we don't just give it a cover all label and we really understand how people are living their lives and how we are adjusting to those folks.

The compound that all these folks relocated to. So it's important for us to identify again culturally how we've adjusted to mental health disorders and how we understand things like narcissism so that we don't just give it a cover all label and we really understand how people are living their lives and how we are adjusting to those folks.

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Absolutely. Absolutely. I had to, I had to quickly pull up the criteria here. So I didn't forget what it was, but I would say that it's very common for individuals to have moments where we meet one or two of the criteria for narcissism.

Absolutely. Absolutely. I had to, I had to quickly pull up the criteria here. So I didn't forget what it was, but I would say that it's very common for individuals to have moments where we meet one or two of the criteria for narcissism.

So again, this is why I don't want people to self-diagnose themselves because you'll go down a rabbit hole and be like, Oh my God, I've been narcissistic my whole life. But again, You have to meet nine criteria to officially have this diagnosis. Okay. Through human behavior, you may have four of these things just because of who you are. And that's okay.

So again, this is why I don't want people to self-diagnose themselves because you'll go down a rabbit hole and be like, Oh my God, I've been narcissistic my whole life. But again, You have to meet nine criteria to officially have this diagnosis. Okay. Through human behavior, you may have four of these things just because of who you are. And that's okay.

But again, you have to have a grandiose sense of self-importance. You have to fantasize of the unlimited success, power, billions, beauty, and ideal love. Now, that's where my client came in. When I heard that, I was like, whoa. You have to believe in being special or unique and can only be understood by or should be associated with other special or unique or high status people. Again, my client.

But again, you have to have a grandiose sense of self-importance. You have to fantasize of the unlimited success, power, billions, beauty, and ideal love. Now, that's where my client came in. When I heard that, I was like, whoa. You have to believe in being special or unique and can only be understood by or should be associated with other special or unique or high status people. Again, my client.