Have you ever been with a group of people, and as your about to share something you’ve experienced, someone abruptly interrupts you saying, “That’s nothing! You should hear what happened to me!” Off they go taking the ball out of your hands, never to return it. You never get to finish what you were saying, and you’re left with your hanging mouth wide open.
I call these people, “Me-Monsters.” I got this term from a stand-up comedian, and it’s stuck with me as a great descriptor for a certain type of extreme narcissist.
Let me describe the “Me-Monster:”
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Will there be a follow-up article speaking to “Me-Monsters”? I have known since I was a child that all “monsters” are afraid of something. What do “Me-Monsters” fear so badly that they would rather alienate all others rather than face it? How can individuals on the verge of becoming “Me-Monsters” change their behavior before it becomes worse and intolerable? Very few people would classify themselves as a monster, so how does a “Me-Monster” look from the inside?