Told ya!
What have I been saying about the workplace, church basements, blogs and those Gen-X, and Y-ers? Narcissists all of them. Check this out:
Blame it on narcissism
One psychologist blames the influx of the overshare on an increase in individualism — and with that comes a hike in narcissism. We’re oversharing more now because we’re pretty pleased with ourselves, says Jean Twenge, a professor of psychology at San Diego State University.
“We just assume they’re going to be interested because it’s about me. Of course it’s interesting!” says Twenge, who is currently working on a book about narcissism among teens and twenty-somethings. -Beware the overshare in everyday conversations.
Aren’t I just the social anthropologist though! (No, that wasn’t a question.)
July 23rd, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Pass the mirror, Terry!
July 23rd, 2007 at 9:00 pm
Angela- LOL! That is soooooooooooooo true! See - you know I’m always critiquing myself! It’s the old thing - what annoys us in others is what we ourselves are guilty of.
July 24th, 2007 at 7:04 am
Have you been counting the number of times I use the word “I” on my blog? This post is all about me, isn’t it ;} I don’t think narcissism is a generational thing, it’s the human condition. It is getting worse though. Wasn’t there some study recently that showed the percentage of high school kids today are even more self-centered than your boomers?
July 24th, 2007 at 8:21 am
Monica - I don’t really think it is generational either - altho in our media generated culture - it is more exaggerated now than it was in the past.
All of our blogs are about “me” - that’s the nature of blogging. (Is it a cry for attention from people who feel they have no “me” however?)
I have read studies of younger people being more self-centered and materialistic than the boomers - hence my defense of boomers and jabs to the Gen x,y,z kids.