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Published: April 1, 2022, 5 a.m.

This past month, I heard from a woman who identifies herself as manifesting covert narcissism and she\u2019s looking for both support and information on how she could best address what she so desperately and sincerely wants to change in herself. She talks about the extreme lack of help out there- and she\u2019s right. Sometimes we can forget as a culture that those we \u201clabel\u201d as having a personality disorder are often living very difficult lives. So, today we\u2019ll talk about covert narcissism: I\u2019ll offer recent research and as usual, add my own ideas about healing. Our listener email for this week \u2013 or basically another listener email! \u2013 is from a young woman who asks what the relationship is between perfectionism and social anxiety and she\u2019s struggling with her progress not going faster \u2013 as she says she wants to get \u201crid\u201d of her anxiety.

BetterHelp is sponsoring this podcast today \u2013 and I\u2019ve been made very aware during the pandemic (because I myself moved to only doing virtual work) how convenient and effective virtual therapy could be, \xa0especially for those not quite ready to walk into a therapist\u2019s office. So please do whatever it is you like to do when you listen, and let\u2019s talk about covert narcissism, what it is, how you can spot it in yourself or others, and as always, what you can do about it.

Important Links:

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Scientific American article on narcissism and imposter syndrome

MindBodyGreen article on covert narcissism

InStyle article on covert narcissism

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