Social Media Makes Narcissists

Social Media Makes Us Narcissistic

Studies show more people have narcissitic personality traits

by Cooper Wyman Chase

Social media is making us egotistical. It’s not hard to spot this on social media. There’s a line between confidence and people between the ages of 18 to 25 believe their generation is the most narcissistic and entitled living generation. Most of the people in Gen Z are vanity. Self-esteem differs from narcissism in that it represents an attitude built on accomplishments we’ve mastered, values we’ve adhered to, and care we’ve shown toward others.

Egotism, conversely, is often based on a fear of failure or weakness, an unhealthy drive to be seen as the best, and a deep-seated Millennials are more likely to “ insecurity and underlying feeling of value money, inadequacy. Multiple studies image and fame over commushow that more nity, affiliation and self-acceppeople are showing narcissistic person- tance. ality traits. One study found ” an increase in extrinsic values (the motivation to do a task to get something in return or avoid punishment) over intrinsic values (the motivation to do a task for someone’s own enjoyment) between Gen X and Baby Boomers.

Millennials are more likely to value money, image and fame over community, affiliation and self-acceptance.

New research also shows that more concerned about what they post on social media and how many followers they have versus spending time with friends and family. Filters and appearance affect cultural thought and new posts of someone who fits the beauty standard along with people and their equally “perfect” lifestyle. Most people on social media don’t talk about a genuine lifestyle, instead bragging about filtered plot points created to exaggerate their ‘importance’. The root of this problem is the overuse of social media. One solution? Instead try involving yourself in community activities. If people use social media less, they won’t be looking at those “perfect” instagram models or the people with a “perfect” lifestyle to compare themselves to. Hopefully, then people will become less obsessed with how they look and more concerned with how they act and treat others.