The Narcissistic Continuum

Recently, I completed a piece regarding narcissism and facebook for a website focus. The results, after researching, I believed to be quite accurate. I couldn't help to think to myself that I may have a touch of that characteristic and more than a few names came to mind from my own friends list. After reading this, you will have a few on your list that fit this profile.
 
1.) You tend to respond more aggressively to comments (compared to others).
2.) You change your profile picture WAY more than others.
3.) You update your status (or post) not once, not twice but numerous times (12-14 hr block of time).

Now, with that being said, there is a tool to measure narcissism and how your tendencies affect the way others view you on facebook or any popular cyberspace public forum (and more importantly, if you are a narcissist, how you view yourself). Just as colors are proven to affect the way that we feel. Interesting, I thought.

This tool is known as the Narcissistic Personal Inventory Questionnaire. Here's a few of the questions to ask yourself (you can google the questionnaire online for more of an in-depth look at yourself)
* Do you accept a "friend" when you don't know who they are?
* Do you change your profile information continuously?
* Do you snapshot pics of yourself (many, many) pics of yourself...often?
* Do you feel the need to draw attention to yourself or be the center of attention?

It should be no surprise to you, that the number of your facebook friends is absolutely irrelevant to the friends you have in the physical world. Zero correlation. As a matter of fact, in the world of cyber-friends, less is actually more. It speaks volumes about what you hold dear...what you value most. Think about it like this, do you trust enough of those people to be a part of your daily life? Absolutely not. Statistically, the magic number, according to the numerous studies collected and conducted...averages at 120. Not five times 120. These studies also indicate that those of us who are above the magic number of 120...are on an ego trip. Those of you who have 120 or less are the ones that are completely in-tune with themselves and the relationships that they value. They don't need someone to "like" their status, their photos...they don't even care if we "like" them or not. Ironically, I like those type of people. I don't know many of them...but I wish I did. Those people are completely comfortable in their own skin and that's a "friend" that I would accept a "request" from any day of the week. Just something to think about...

 I do not know if Johnny Cash was a narcissist, but the song that he re-recorded by band, NIN, is a song about narcissism. I happen to love both versions (Johnny's preferred, though). There are countless others, when I searched popular music that makes/made a reference to narcissism. Google it, the lists will surprise you, too. Vanity and over inflated egos are so predominant, that they have to write songs and articles about it.