Sorry if abstract meta questions are not your thing. I find it interesting to discover other perspective views.
I was in the shower with the thought, “Is any narcissist self aware of their narcissism?”
Maybe meta awareness of narcissism is like intelligence, beauty, or hearing one’s own voice. We may infer information based upon feedback, but lack an objective frame of reference.

On another level, I am aware of how I am abstract in functional thought, like inferencing across many unrelated spaces, and big-picture meaning. I’m aware of my intuition as it relates to others in general, but I’m not aware of my own beauty or intelligence as it contrasts with others.

Are there universal unknowns? Are we always ungrounded in all self perception; only overconfident in our self asserting narratives? What are your thoughts? Are you intelligently beautiful and teflon to the accusation of narcissism? Perhaps charisma is the ultimate superhero mask.

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    20 days ago

    I don’t have a direct answer for you, but this sort of abstract thought is one of my favorite subjects for poetry. So I’m gonna share one on the topic. Sorry lol

    Definition and Form

    Are we truly only beauteous when we gaze upon the same?

    Does a force then oust its element when estranged from former names?

    What, at root, is virtue most true, if not the definitive game?

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    I’d wager my stake on indefinence, regardless of the claim.