We have all known people who can never get enough of anything. No matter how much you give them, it’s never enough. They always want more of everything. It doesn’t matter what it is, whether it’s material goods or everything of yourself, it’s never enough and they keep wanting more. For the most part, these people are selfish and inconsiderate. Some dress it up so that they are always smiling and saying thank you, thank you, thank you but, the …
When I first heard the term “find myself,” I was intrigued. How does one lose one’s “self?” But, here were grown men and women deserting their spouse and children, going off into the sunset, seeking a new life in order to find themselves and, suddenly, it didn’t seem so intriguing; it just seemed selfish and self-absorbed. It’s no surprise that we make different choices at different stages of our lives but, essentially, we’re still the same people. We may grow …
I keep running across articles that talk about our current age as being equal to twenty or thirty years younger, e.g., today’s 65 is yesterday’s 45, or today’s college graduate is yesterday’s freshman high school student. We keep hearing about baby boomers and millennials being immature and dissatisfied with their lot in life. Millennials are also depicted as narcissists, and I wonder if the reason they are perceived that way is because they haven’t found a cause to embrace that’s …
Many years ago, one of my clients told me that she was married to a narcissist and she was divorcing him. At the time, people were still using the term to describe someone who was overly fascinated with his own physical beauty and it was based on one of the many myths of Narcissus, who saw his reflection in a pool of water and fell in love with himself. As far back as I can remember, narcissism was considered to …
I try not to judge someone else’s parenting style because we each have different styles and no one knows for sure if one is better than another. However, and this is a big however . . . when I read about this couple’s parenting style, there was no way I could stifle my response. Many times we are called upon to see both sides of an argument and the old saying is true that there are three sides to a …