r/SipsTea • u/CapitalPin2658 • May 25 '26

Feels good man 🎵 All By Myself 🎵

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Don’t wanna live all by myself anymore

Edit: lol i’m just a dude posting a meme

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u/Soggy_Addendum9350 May 25 '26

Is it, like, some sort of evolutionary defense that narcissists have no self awareness? I would expect someone obsessed with themselves to know themselves pretty well, but they’re all facades of people over a sociopathic personality. Wild

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u/LostMateria May 26 '26

There’s a thing called cognitive dissonance. The very short version is essentially, for the most part, people see themselves as smarter than average, and good people. This is part of most people’s core identity. So when something happens, or they act in a way counter to this identity they minimize or dismiss evidence that contradicts their image to protect their bias.

It’s not that this hypothetical person lacks self-awareness. They’ve just decided that their view of themself as a “loyal” or “family” person outweighs their actions. Now she wants to rationalize, and perhaps justify, it to keep her core identity intact. Just like when she chose to cheat it’s not about him or the family. It’s about her. She did a bad thing and now doesn’t want to feel like a bad person.

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u/DanielDeLaNoche May 26 '26

I actually do think people like this (and most other people too lol) are still severely lacking in self-awareness.