Miriam Diamond

Well, vulnerable narcissism, let's kind of start with maybe defining narcissism broadly.

So narcissism has at its core a strong, this may be oversimplifying, but a strong self-focused sense of entitlement, sense of grandiosity.

But when looking at it more specifically, there appears to be two subtypes.

So there's a vulnerable, and the vulnerable is characterized by underlying this grandiosity, a sense of anxiety, reactivity, so greater sensitivity to social rejection, possibly more difficulty forming social relationships.

So there's a lot underneath that.

There's still that self-focus.

but underneath it lies a lot more negative affect, negative emotion.

Well, in the sense that if that feeling, say, helped with mood modification or you one were substituting it for a real relationship, then I would say, I guess, yes, I'm understanding your question that that that illusion of it is filling that void.

So this this connection is making one at least temporarily feel better.

It's compensatory.

We were just talking about that before the meeting, how difficult it was in the past, maybe a magazine, write a letter, a fan club.

But now, yes, all the time, access either their TV shows or their music or blogs about them or whatever, social media.

Or maybe even get a response from somebody on a social media post, who knows.

Well, just because one likes a celebrity or is interested does not mean they are a celebrity worshiper.

It is a process.

One doesn't start there.

They get there gradually.

So just because one really likes somebody doesn't necessarily mean they have to worry.

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