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

By: Ramani S. Durvasula PhD

Narrated by: Ramani S. Durvasula PhD

Length: 19 hrs and 6 mins

Publisher's Summary

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

Excellent reality check

I really love this book. I have been listening to her utube videos for a while.

Highly recommend

The scope of this book was more than I could have imagined. So many aspects I had not considered. Very well written and easy to follow.

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.

Knowledge for life, everyone should read this once

An all encompassing, guide on the complexity of poorly behaved people. This is a crucial read for anyone who's been through a difficult relationship of some kind. This book contains key information that help one to get a clearer picture of the landscape we call life. With that in mind, you still have to make the journey but it's much easier when you have clarity of sight, or in this case, thought.

Don’t you know who I am?

Wow, so much information! This book was spot on about Narcissism! I also learned more about them and what to do and what not to do. I couldn’t stop listening to the book at first but then I had to take a break from it because I had to let it sink in. It is so exhausting living with a narcissistic personality and it doesn’t end even after the divorce. The information is so true about everything that I felt I was reading about someone I knew. I would tell my family member it was the best thing he ever did was divorce her but now it’s knowing how to protect the children. Everyone should listen to this book!

Intelligent, insightful, and compassionate

I do not think that I would have ever said that, but Dr. Ramani is my favorite psychologist.

This book makes you reflect on your relationships, who you are, your needs and your goals, all the while distilling wisdom into your soul, and reassurance at every word.

From someone who has been living my whole life with the types of people that she speaks of in this book, she has reaffirmed a lot of the thoughts that I had about them, reconnecting myself with those lessons, while giving me new things to ponder about and new ways to get through life.

She has opened my eyes to what I had felt, but covered my eyes about.

Thank you for letting me listen to you and feel that living life is self improvement, deep connections, meaningful relationship, kindness, love, care and insight.

What a revelation!

I’m beginning this book all over again to listen a second time. As I listened, memories of my life came back to me, and I realized that the behavior of my family of origin was that of narcissists. This has shaped my life and affected that of my dear children. Things I had always wondered about were explained. Why on earth, as a woman of intelligence, had I ended up with the men I had? Dr Durvasala explained why. Why did my family dress me up as a little girl, send me to a private school yet treat me with such coldness and hate? Dr Durvasala explained why. Thank you so much Dr. Durvasala, and bless you

Wow

This is a comprehensive pep talk for those of us who need to move past a life time identity of “not enoughness” . It covers every damn thing you need to hear and understand to move on.

Informative and Thorough

Definitely a must-read for a better understanding of narcissism, how narcissist are created, and how to deal with narcissistic abuse. The material would be hard to digest for anyone unfamiliar with the suffering caused by these difficult relationships. Offers relevant and helpful advice.

Outstanding material!

This info is necessary for everyone in the age of social media and narcissistic leaders. It is fascinating! I struggled, however, to actively listen as Dr. Ramani's unique cadence while reading felt unnatural and stilted. A professional reader would have been better.

amazing

this helped me realise i was not crazy with my Narcissistic partner. thank you for writing such an amazing book

A masterpiece!

The author is a university professor and an expert in narcissism. By the time you've read / listened to this book, you'll have the tools to be an expert too! Also the confusing behaviour shown by this subgroup of society will begin to make sense. Dr Ramnai presents the contents of her book in an engaging and easy to understand manner.

A comprehensive guide of on narcissistic people

I read it after the author’s book - should I stay or should I leave. And the reason I continued - there are always other people besides a partner- and as the author noticed - if there’s one, there are others as well, almost always. Colleagues, friends, parents etc. description of the problems and strategies - the book covers a lot. But to heal there should be used other books , but a therapist help will be needed too.

The narrative is very good. But it could be much shorter , as a lot of things were repeated more than once. It’s also mostly can be used as an introduction, rather than one book for everything. Shame, boundaries, negative inner voices or ptsd - a lot of things will follow depending on individual circumstances, as narcissists affect all layers of life! These topics were covered superficially, just as topics to research.

Amazing, actual and inspiring book

Recommend to everyone. Very involving, current, useful and eye-opening book with the perfect narration and great insights.

Quite enlightening

Everyone has to read this book in order to navigate the complex society we live in successfully!

Who Do You Think I Am

loved it very helpful I would highly recommend it l will read her other books

So informative, so relatable.

I've been waiting for this since she announced it was coming out months ago. it was totally worth the wait. she somehow narrated my entire life and gave me tools to help me make better choices. amazing.

The book that changed my life.

Everyone should read this book. Twice. That is the book that will change your life.

if you need this book, it's wonderful

Dr Ramani is smart, kind, prescient, and supportive. It's such a shame someone needed to write this book. But many of us needed it. It is well written and well narrated. I will listen to it again soon, when I need to.

Dr Ramani helped me so much with this book

I was so happy when I realised Dr Ramani was narrating. it has helped me understand why I seem to attract toxic or narcassistic people in my life, helped a bit to stop blaming myself and realising what the pattern was created. 100% recommend this book to anyone to understand, heal, prevent narcassists from entering your life in the first place.