A beautiful post Mini - we've talked about narcissism before and the people in our lives that show these traits and it's a fascinating one. How can they help themselves if they aren't able to see it?

And of course, we are all on a spectrum, aren't we, of self esteem 'issues' or at least a relationship with ourselves about value and worth, that can stem from many things: childhood trauma, abuse, PTSD, depression and anxiety and so on. People have different processes and 'act out' in various ways to cope, from extreme introversion (becoming a self fulfilling prophecy as you say) to apparent extroversion and 'big noting' or acting with superiority or trying to 'prove' themselves by putting someone else down. Definitely not good for friendships!

Really enjoyed this post - I'll be doing the admin on the badges soon and I'm sure this post is well deserving of the first star for the #mentalhealthawareness badge! Thanks for writing.