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Shame and Statistics

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Scot McKnight
Aug 05, 2025
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A characteristic of a narcissist is shame, or more particularly, a narcissist lives to avoid being shamed. According to Ramani Durvasula, the narcissistic personality projects “unacceptable aspects of themselves onto another person” and so gets to see himself as honest and good. This allows them to “maintain their gran…

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