We all have our heroes, our idols, we could even call them our gods; their influence to us is superficial, their greatness creates some of the best moments of our lives, we feel an emotional connection with them even though we have never met them. These are celebrities, media personalities, politicians, athletes and even fictional characters whom through the different forms of media collectively create and become the foundations of our pop culture that heavily influence our lives from fashion, morality, political views, language and even our personalities. Unlike other generations, the increasing advances in technology and media platforms have provided unlimited access to more aspects of their heroes’ lives and Millennials try
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Although commonly mistaken as overconfidence, there are distinct differences between the two; with a need for attention and specificity of situation the easiest aspect separating the two. While narcissists need attention and compliments from others overconfident people don’t need it and are reliant on their own belief in their ability. Narcissism is independent of any situation, whereas overconfidence is relative to a specific situation and its outcome. These are some of the symptoms of narcissism; self-obsessive, appearing unemotional, easily jealous, exploiting others to achieve one 's goals, difficulty in maintaining relationships and jobs, fragile self-esteem and delusions of one’s ability. Narcissism may be seen as trivial, but it causes many complications like physical, psychological and social difficulties in a person’s life. The physical difficulties are suicidal thoughts, increased risk of abusing drugs or alcohol, aggressive behavior, arrogance. Psychologically creates low self-esteem, increased depressions, emotionally sensitive, devoid of interpersonal skill. Socially generates poor school or work performances, demeaning attitude towards people, removal from loved ones, poor relationship with others. Some articles have argued that the change in narcissism in the research may be due to race, youth, and gender, but these factors don’t explain the increase in narcissism for people of the same age range from 1980s to 2000s amongst college students. The narcissistic personality disorder of Millennials in their 20s is thrice that of the Boomer generation in their 20s according to the National institute of
Although commonly mistaken as overconfidence, there are distinct differences between the two; with a need for attention and specificity of situation the easiest aspect separating the two. While narcissists need attention and compliments from others overconfident people don’t need it and are reliant on their own belief in their ability. Narcissism is independent of any situation, whereas overconfidence is relative to a specific situation and its outcome. These are some of the symptoms of narcissism; self-obsessive, appearing unemotional, easily jealous, exploiting others to achieve one 's goals, difficulty in maintaining relationships and jobs, fragile self-esteem and delusions of one’s ability. Narcissism may be seen as trivial, but it causes many complications like physical, psychological and social difficulties in a person’s life. The physical difficulties are suicidal thoughts, increased risk of abusing drugs or alcohol, aggressive behavior, arrogance. Psychologically creates low self-esteem, increased depressions, emotionally sensitive, devoid of interpersonal skill. Socially generates poor school or work performances, demeaning attitude towards people, removal from loved ones, poor relationship with others. Some articles have argued that the change in narcissism in the research may be due to race, youth, and gender, but these factors don’t explain the increase in narcissism for people of the same age range from 1980s to 2000s amongst college students. The narcissistic personality disorder of Millennials in their 20s is thrice that of the Boomer generation in their 20s according to the National institute of