This Is Us

The All-American Narcissist

Holding up a mirror to our true nature

Michael Sendrow
Human Parts
Published in
8 min readAug 12, 2020

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American flag reflected on the glass surface of a building, distorted.
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Narcissist. The insult just rolls off the tongue. Whether directed at the self-involved “frenemy,” crazy ex-boyfriend, or social-media show-off, the epithet seems to be the perfect catch-all for the assholes we encounter on a daily basis.

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Michael Sendrow
Human Parts

Writer, psychoanalyst-in-training, and music fan otherwise