It's hilarious that the title of this thread is "Pride & ego - our greatest personal enemy?" followed by this post. Everyone's dumb but you, Luna.
Oh little lemon tart,
There's healthy self-confidence and then there's narcissism. One's an admirable trait and one's a mental disorder. Don't confuse the two. Self-confidence is humble and it doesn't need to silence or dismiss other people. Narcissism, on the other hand, is just unwarranted conceit. It's all about weakness. That's why it can't tolerate criticism, doll. ;)
by Luna Preyi can tolerate criticsm just fine from people i respect. in fact i will often ask for it from people i admire. it's just people who are lazy and do nothing with their lives that i see as lesser humans, and who's oppinions are worth very little
Only you see nearly everyone as a lesser human, yes?
I do to. But the trick is to keep narcissism to oneself. I believe i'm completely indestructible when it comes to violence because I know that I will always raise the bar and do whatever it takes to win. Maybe I'm delusional and it'll be my undoing someday.
However, I don't strut around like I'm king ding-a-ling on coke, I just quietly go about my business whilst underneath visualising what I'm capable of. This often spooks even the toughest of people I've met even when the conversation has been pleasant.
Well I look down on most people, too. My point was about criticism. Her logic is circular. If she thinks herself superior to nearly everyone and refuses to hear personal criticism from people she doesn't admire, then she'll never hear any criticism and will carry on believing herself superior, and thereby continuing to never hear any criticism.
She's also made it very clear that her esteem is lost, once she's challenged. Even by otherwise agreeable people. So if someone she currently admires gives her personal criticism, she'll no longer admire them, and they'll become just another inferior with an opinion she won't hear.
And on, and on, and on.... : /