Is the Narcissistic Label Being Abused?

  When you hear the label ‘narcissistic’, who do you think of? Maybe that colleague who’s a bit of a corporate climber? A mother who systematically ignores the needs of her children? That friend to whom lying comes as naturally as breathing? We all live with problematic people and not all of them fit the clinical criteria of this psychiatric condition. However, we’re going through a time when terms like ‘toxic’ people or gaslighting have almost become the norm. Furthermore, we constantly use the term narcissism in our conversations. In fact, we use it to describe countless figures in our…