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When I started psychotherapy practice, I could not imagine that narcissists would become the main area of my interest. Of course, I knew who they were! Like everyone else, I thought they were egoists whose sole desire was to exploit the others.

I read numerous books telling us: “Beware of narcissists, they are everywhere, and their only dream is to use you. So, arm yourself with the knowledge to deal with their horrible nature. And may the force be with you!”

It reminds me of the joke about good people joining together to beat up bad people. But back then I was still “green” in terms of psychology and also almost fell for the popular science prejudices which could lead me to demonization of narcissism. But no! The deeper I studied this phenomenon, the better understanding of the features of people with narcissistic disorder I acquired. And the more I got interested, curious and even compassionate towards those whose narcissism appeared to be so wounded that they required such exceptional protection of their fragile “self”. Moreover, I got more and more convinced that narcissism is widespread today, but it is radically different from what we have always thought of it.