"Don't You Know Who I Am?": How to Stay Sane in an Era of Narcissism, Entitlement, and Incivility

De: Ramani S. Durvasula PhD

Narrado por: Ramani S. Durvasula PhD

It’s time to take our lives back from a world of narcissism, entitlement, and toxic relationships.

“Don’t you know who I am?” has become the mantra of the famous and infamous, the entitled and the insecure. It’s the tagline of the modern narcissist.

Health and wellness campaigns preach avoidance of unhealthy foods, sedentary lifestyles, tobacco, drugs, and alcohol, but rarely preach avoidance of unhealthy, difficult, or toxic people. Yet the health benefits of removing toxic people from your life may have far greater benefits to both physical and psychological health. We need to learn to be better gatekeepers for our minds, bodies, and souls.

Narcissism, entitlement, and incivility have become the new world order, and we are all in trouble. They are not only normalized but also increasingly incentivized. They are manifestations of pathological insecurity - insecurities that are experienced at both the individual and societal level. The paradox is that we value these patterns. We venerate them through social media, mainstream media, and consumerism, and they are endemic in political, corporate, academic, and media leaders.

There are few lives untouched by narcissists. These relationships infect those who are in them with self-doubt, despair, confusion, anxiety, depression, and the chronic feeling of being “not enough,” all of which make it so difficult to step away and set boundaries. The illusion of hope and the fantasy of redemption can result in years of second chances, and despondency when change never comes.

It’s time for a wake-up call. It’s time to stem the tide of narcissism, entitlement, and antagonism, and take our lives back.

©2019 Ramani S. Durvasula, PhD (P)2019 Post Hill Press

This will jar your life back to reality.

Dr. Ramani had me pausing this and yelling out loud to how much she hit the nail on the head. She has mastered the gears that are in a narcissist. Incredible book. Like seeing the picture pop out in those 3D posters that just look like background noise.

Great read!

Entertaining, intelligent, and inspiring. Highly recommend this book for both those struggling with the issues examined within it and social "observers" of this epidemic.

Great book

I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in narcissism and other personality disorders.
It’s easy to understand and really relevant!

Game changing Book for me- I am forever grateful for hearing this message

I Will likely be re reading this book through the years. We need more people talking about this epidemic it really puts the world into focus

Best book I’ve purchased so far!

This book is a real gem. Super grateful to have come across this book. I learned so much. I would recommend this book to anyone starting a relationship or raising children.

Sanity in chaos

Her insight and advice has helped me make sense of my sandwich life situation. I understand the abuse suffered throughout my life at the hands of my mother and now have the tools to survive and thrive in spite of it! Beautiful book!

Learned a lot

This book made me see the patterns and realize the environment around me. For this I thank Dr Ramani.

Incredible audio book

I had to make I take in every piece of understanding. This is a great contribution to understanding many messy aspects of the humanity and difficult relationships. So much to comprehend, to recognize, to admit and to reconcile. Such vivid presentation of the back stage…

The Best Book Ever

Loved it! Just what I needed. She is amazing! Very good insight into how to recover.

Comprehensive

Dr. Ramani Durvasula is truly and amazing human and scholar. Her work on narcissism is unparalleled. I have been following her YouTube channel for years and only recently purchased her book. If I had known how excellent and comprehensive her book was, I would have stopped here first and bypassed all YouTubers. As a result I purchased all of her books. She is an excellent writer and researcher and I am incredibly grateful for her information and suggested strategies. I might actually find some peace after dealing with narcissists for 50 years. A million thanks, Dr. Ramani.