It's not autism or depression: it's narcissistic personality disorder. I'm so happy that I finally found out what was wrong all this time. I'm laughing so hard at the thought that I think to be cool but I'm not! And that's why I don't leave the house every other day, and why I think engaging in competition is stupid but still want to win every time, and why I think women are evil but still crave their attention, and why I think I'm a creative and innovative artist but also a worthless piece of shit who can't do anything for good! That is why I don't feel sad when others are sad but can get infinitely sad by thinking about myself being sad as a child! That is why I always had 3/4 friends maximum who liked me a lot and then fucking dumped them into nothingness most of the time. That is why it hurt so bad and for so long when I was cheated on (understandably now!) by my gf. It is clear that I have done most things wrong up to now but I won't kill myself for the sake of seeing how creatively bad life can be. Now tell me, anons of the world, how do I break the conditioning and what should I read? Also what books can help me understand myself better and have a more realistic image of me? Everything is welcomed: literature, philosophy, poetry, psychology. Whatever you like. I feel like I am extremely well read in most things (I'm doing a PhD after all!) but I also feel like a complete brainlet piece of nothing behind the facade so be gentle with me. Or don't. Not that I care!
No literature will teach you how to realize your immanent latent potential, nor will it make your devastated superego impel your ego toward excellence any more than it does now. If you do not know yourself, and voluminously consume literature, you will only further occlude your mind, rather than learn anything, synthesize knowledge, and receive personal inspiration via spiritual affinity.
John Sullivan
What should I do then?
Jason Russell
Just relax
Brayden Harris
your anus
Adrian Hernandez
It's the altruistic thing to do! What are you, some kind of narcissist?
Carter Russell
Place yourself in difficult and critical situations, in new darknesses that would maximize your potential, make it become apparent, and force your to realize it.
Hunter Lewis
cringe
Brody Thomas
I know of two books specifically on narcissism. One is called the narcissism eidemic and the other is culture of narcissism. cant recall titles and haven't read them.
Kayden Moore
Narcissism is a feedback loop of stress and anxiety and self hatred. Read some Carl Jung. It will help you conceptualize the parts of your psychology that you over identify with (your inflated ego) and also the parts that are unkown to you. Read or listen to some Alan Watts lectures or Zen Buddhism to learn how to take a step back from your ego.
With some meditation and introspection you will probably uncover some trauma rhat caused you to identify with the wounded child archetype or something similar. Then you will have to forgive yourself for creating the cycle of suffering.
William Gomez
travel. you will shit out your narcissism in a culture, language and place you dont know.
Ayden Jones
There's no such thing as narcissism in the medical sense, and all what you describe does not sound like a psychological disorder.
Gavin Bennett
>in new darknesses that would maximize your potential New age mystics are such fags, you and that all caps guy might as well be the same trip.
shut the fuck up you fucking tripfag I'm a fucking genius ok fuck numen
Oliver Smith
Yeah, I bet there is something helpful there, but it comes off wrong and makes me want to slug them in the face for talking in this way. I need a dumber version and an example with pictures.
Gabriel Gonzalez
have you ever tried writing a sentence without the word "I' in it? jesus christ dude get over yourself
Zachary Lee
Literally me. Thank you OP.
Sebastian Moore
Wow thanks Jordan Peterson, I'll be sure to have sex with Puff the Magic Dragon like you told me to do.
