I think this is a helpful comment. All people have some narcissistic tendencies, and in a sense I feel like my culture (I'm in Texas) amplifies and rewards tho

I think this is a helpful comment. All people have some narcissistic tendencies, and in a sense I feel like my culture (I'm in Texas) amplifies and rewards those tendencies. There is a difference between displaying a tendency and having your entire life torn apart because of a person's pathological need to defend an image of themself. I have a lot of sympathy for both Echo and Narcissus, because that's a hard story to live in.