When Status Becomes Oxygen: What New Research Reveals About Narcissism (opens in new tab)

We live in an age that confuses visibility with virtue. Followers masquerade as friendships. Influence is mistaken for wisdom. Entire careers are built upon the suspicion that if enough strangers applaud, the old ache of not feeling like enough will finally quiet down. It rarely does. A recent study published in the Journal of Personality suggests that the relationship between narcissism and status may be far more intimate than we family therapists previously understood. Certain forms of narc...