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The legend and reality of Narcissus.....

Anyone who has read Greek Mythology remembers the story of Narcissus.  "He was a beautiful creature loved by many but Narcissus loved no one. He enjoyed attention, praise and envy. In Narcissus' eyes nobody matched him and as such he considered none were worthy of him."  The story of Narcissus is where the term Narcissist comes from.  Narcissism is unfortunately a story I know far too well.  I was at my best friends house the other night and we were watching Dr. Phil.  The topic at first was comical; "My husband wants me to look like BeyoncĂ©".  As I sat watching the first few minutes of the show, the things that were coming out of that man's mouth were so unbelievable that my jaw hit the floor.  Completely ridiculous requests like, wear high heels at least 4 days a week, wear makeup to bed, and clean the house in lingerie.  They were so asinine they were laughable.  But then he kept talking and I started having some sort of PTSD flashback.  My ex husban