Narcissism, narcotics and numbness

Narcotics and narcissism draw from the same root word referring to numbness.

To retreat from reality is to close yourself from the inputs of the world, to become a closed system. Narcissism (self love) refuses reality in the same way the addict anesthetizes their senses.

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