The story and the chapter excerpt you provided reminds me of reading The Last Psychiatrist and negative (covert?) narcissism all over again. To be self assured, to not be defined by being above or below something or someone—it's too vulnerable.
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Both self-obsession or self-abnegation reveal a distorted relationship with control and power in social relationships.
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Yes, it’s a way to counterbalance. Hard to be corrected from the outside because self-improvement advice is misread as "are you telling me to be a egotistical asshole?" Same goes for over-the-top narcissists or PUA-style tactics, critique sounds like "beta soyboy whining"
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I’ve gone through similar emotions from a female / nonbinary perspective. Men are in a double bind though, forced into a self-apologetic position that no one wants to interact with (not even the people who tell them to do so!). Alt-right becomes appealing as a false way out
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His retelling of Echo and Narcissus is incredible—the narcissist is not self-obsessed out of ego, but because they cannot recognize themselves. “What kind of a man attracts a woman who can only echo him? There must be a name for that kind of person, and he already had it.”
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Rephrased for this context: What kind of man attracts women who are repulsed by him, or attempts to win the favor of people who are repulsed by him?
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