The Rise Of Narcissistic Behavior

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I think narcissistic behavior is on the rise because as Americans we are always competing with one another, whether we are doing it intentionally or not. We are always trying to be better than someone else or have better things. Everyone is always so concerned with what’s best for him or her and not what’s best for everyone. In our generation narcissistic behavior is worse than older generations in my opinion. My generation expects things to be handed to them without having to work for it.

I think that the media plays a big role in this. We always see people on magazines or on TV with all these great extravagant things and we want the same thing. We want to be bigger and better than the next person.

I think that we need to look at the whole

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