Understanding that being narcissistic doesn’t actually work really helps. People (by and large) don’t respect you more or think any differently of you as a result of you tooting your own horn and singing praises to yourself. In fact, it has the opposite effect. Once you realize and internalize that the large part of incentive of being narcissistic goes away.
What also helps is understanding the underlying reason that prompts you to be narcissistic. There’s typically one or more insecurity that manifests itself as a desire to seek for approval or look for praise. Once you figure out where it’s coming from it suddenly becomes so much easier to deal with.
What also helps is understanding the underlying reason that prompts you to be narcissistic. There’s typically one or more insecurity that manifests itself as a desire to seek for approval or look for praise. Once you figure out where it’s coming from it suddenly becomes so much easier to deal with.