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Everyone’s a Narcissist Now: How Pop Psychology Became a Weapon

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Cody Taymore
Sep 27, 2025
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Your ex is a narcissist. Your boss is a narcissist. That guy who cut you off in traffic? Malignant narcissist. The person who disagreed with you online? Covert narcissist. Your mom who won’t respect boundaries? Narcissistic personality disorder.

We’ve turned a serious psychiatric diagnosis into the internet’s favorite insult.

Everyone’s suddenly a psychol…

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