Echoism: The Fear of Feeling Special

  In the words of Craig Malkin, echoism is defined as follows: “The less people feel special, the more self-effacing they become until, at last, they have so little sense of self that they feel worthless and impotent. I call these people echoists”. (Malkin 2015: 11) In other words, echosim means the fear of showing oneself as egocentric, narcissistic, and selfish. That’s because these people consider those qualities to display the kind of image that inspires rejection and criticism. As a result, they try to silence the ‘me’ in themselves as well as their own needs. In other words, they don’t…