Narcissism and the Martial Arts, why this is so dangerous!
Narcissism and the Martial Arts, ego has gone off the rails! If you do not believe me look at the I LOVE ME sites of many martial artists on social media.
Yes you do need to self promote when you are running a school. It is a personality based business. But there are limits.
Narcissism is a dangerous mental illness. Lets look at the definitions.
narcissism /när′sĭ-sĭz″əm/
noun
- Excessive preoccupation with or admiration of oneself. synonym: conceit.
Similar: conceit - A personality disorder characterized by self-preoccupation, need for admiration, lack of empathy, and unconscious deficits in self-esteem.
- Erotic pleasure derived from contemplation or admiration of one's own body or self, especially as a fixation on or a regression to an infantile stage of development.
Narcissism and the Martial Arts
Now as I am writing this I do have one person in mind particularly. But I will not mention names. Just to suffice it to say that because of the nature of social or anti-social media as I call it, it become easy to fall into this trap.
And I am sure this is done on purpose also. And I also see a lot of people share and pushing this content. An example is some of the stuff of instagram. Images of young girls doing vertical kicks. It looks more like a porn ad.
Is this the image these martial arts really want to portray?
Narcissism and the Martial Arts is a real thing, and it is bad for the arts, period. I will get "friend requests" from people who simply wish to build their "friends list" like this is something real?
I stopped taking them. If I send someone a request it is because i want some communicate, not so I look good because I have so many friends I do not know in real life. Today I take NO requests and delete people all the time. If we have never had some kind of communicate you will be gone.
Narcissism and the Martial Arts
Remember this is a serious mental disorder and you should not play the game. I simply never communicate further is I believe I am dealing with a narcissist. There is no point. They lie so much they believe their own lies. Sounds like the majority of politicians doesn't it?
Martial art training is a personal experience, a selfish end. We do this to improve. It is not a group activity. I need NO validation on what I am doing from anyone else. My teacher is the except to that statement.
I do not care what the slaves of Facebook say or think.
Narcissism and the Martial Arts in Conclusion
I was recently attacked in a FB group of Tae Kwon Do guys. It upset one of my long time students when he saw this. And of course he told me, and engaged them. Why would I care what a bunch of TKD guys think??
Facebook is not martial arts training. Unless you are a narcissist looking for gratification.
This has been an editorial article called Narcissism and the Martial Arts. This is my opinion only. Agree or disagree all is fine.
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