Narcissism is an increasingly common means for describing people today. It’s fairly well understood how much narcissists irritate us and many of us are familiar with how difficult they are to be around, but what few of us understand is the damage narcissism can do to us individually and to our society. While entire books have been written on helping people recover from narcissistic abuse, very little has been written about helping the narcissist themselves recover. In fact, there’s significant schools of thought that suggest recovery from narcissism is very rare. Ultimately, dealing with narcissism with require unmasking the way shame manipulates our lives – which is no small task.

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