NARCISSISTIC FALSE MODESTY vs HEALTHY SELF-PRAISE

Narcissistic self-praise will be grossly exaggerated or based on fictitious events. Narcissists are not grounded in reality and they will not be able to back-up their inflated self-praise with anything substantial. Healthy people self-praise about real accomplishments that can be backed-up with concrete evidence. 

For example, a narcissist will tell everyone they are an expert on the subject of gardening and will then explain ‘the correct’ way to grow tomatoes. But when questioned further the narcissist will become defensive and the listeners will quickly learn that the narcissist has never grown tomatoes or had a garden. In contrast, a healthy person will tell everyone about their amazing baking skills and then offer everyone a taste of their homemade brownies.

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