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[–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yes. The people who are prone to pathological narcissism. They have unhealthy coping mechanisms which are costly to those around them.

And, drag clearly didn't heal him, it just gave him a way to express symptoms even more visibly.

[–]JulienMayfair 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

At the core, narcissists try to feel better about themselves by pretending to be something else. The central coping mechanism is, "Don't look at me. Look at this other thing I pretend to be!" All the other coping mechanisms follow from that.

The paradox is that in "expressing themselves," they're really showing us how much they don't like themselves.

[–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes. That's the saddest part.

They don't understand their own value without all the pomp and circumstance. They think it isn't there.