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be talking about the difference between covert narcissism and overt narcissism.
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to ask me if there's a specific subject you want to know more about. Today we're
gonna be talking about narcissism and specifically the difference between overt
narcissism and covert narcissism. Before we dive into this, I want to clarify -- when
we talk about narcissism, it can get a little tricky because we can have people
that have narcissistic tendencies but then we also have people that have the
narcissistic personality disorders. So just because somebody exhibits
narcissistic tendencies doesn't necessarily mean that they have a
full-blown personality disorder. When we talk about overt versus covert
narcissism today, I want you to keep that in mind. This can apply to either
somebody who has the trait or somebody who has the disorder. Hopefully it
will make more sense as we go along but first we're just gonna dive into what a
narcissist is. According to the DSM-5, narcissistic
personality disorder is characterized as a grandiose sense of self. The individual
is preoccupied with their ideals and their values and themselves. They believe
that they are the number one, end-all be-all. They are essentially never wrong
in their views and generally believe that they are the best. They can lack
empathy and believe that they deserve an excessive amount of admiration. That's
sort of one end of the spectrum of a narcissistic personality disorder where
we can see there's a lot of factors going on that are contributing to the
personality disorder. When it comes to just the trait of narcissism we do
see that in narcissistic personality disorder but we also know people
that can just be narcissistic without necessarily having a disorder. So we're
gonna go into what those different types are. The first one we're gonna talk
about is an overt narcissist and an overt narcissist is the one that we typically
see as being the stereotypical narcissist. They're very forward
and extroverted about how they feel about themselves. They make no shame in
trying to hide what they feel about themselves and that they believe that
they deserve this sort of pedestal treatment. An overt narcissist isn't
gonna make any attempts to try to hide or keep their feelings about themselves
a secret. They truly believe there are the best and they let everyone know it.
The other type is a covert narcissist. This is the type of
narcissism that sometimes is difficult to recognize. This is the more secretive
or introverted -- basically hidden sort of narcissism. We're gonna dive a
little bit more into what covert narcissism is because I think a lot of
us are pretty good at identifying when people are over narcissist
but the covert is a little
bit more difficult to detect. I'm gonna dive into some research I found
and some of my own thoughts on what covert narcissism is all about.
Individuals with covert narcissism tend to be more introverted like I mentioned.
They're still pretty proud and argumentative and defensive but they
tend to keep their feelings about themselves a little bit under the
surface; a little bit closer to the belt. They come across more passive-aggressive
and have a lower sense of self-worth than somebody with overt narcissism.
In a lot of ways a covert narcissist is still very much all about their own ego
but it's in a negative way. It's not in a "I'm amazing.. I'm grand...
I am perfect," kind of way. It's sort of an inflated sense of self surrounding these
negative attributes that they feel about themselves. So they're still inflating
their ego but they're doing so in sort of a negative
kind of way.Someone with covert narcissism may play the victim to
get attention. That's one of the key characteristics that they found with
this. Someone with overt narcissism might try to go for class
president or another role that's really in the spotlight. Whereas somebody with
covert narcissism is going to do something a little bit different to try
to get that same attention. What are some of the myths about covert
narcissism? Covert narcissism does not necessarily mean that somebody is
sneakier or more manipulative than someone with overt narcissism nor does
it mean that they're better at hiding their narcissistic behaviors. This is
just a way that the narcissism is presented. It has to do with how these
tendencies in this individual whether they have narcissistic personality
disorder or they just have narcissistic traits -- it's sort of how they manifest
themselves. Just like with any other trait if someone feels jealous or they
feel an intense amount of depression, those are going to manifest differently
for different people. They found with narcissism it sort of comes about in one
of these two ways either you have somebody who is playing the grandiose
role or you have someone who's playing the victim to get attention.
Someone with covert narcissism may also have these grandiose aspirations for
themselves or believe that they should be put on pedestals but they're just too
shy to navigate it. They're not really sure how to meet their goals or how to put
themselves out there. So whether an individual has narcissistic personality
disorder or is simply narcissistic you may see their narcissism manifest in one
of these two ways. I wanted to point out the difference because mental
illness can manifest in a lot of different ways for different people and
if we're struggling in ourselves to kind of figure out what's going on or looking
at someone else and trying to help them, this can be really helpful to know that
there are variations within narcissism or within traits that we find within
ourselves. What do you think about overt in covert narcissism? Let me know in the
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