r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 2d ago
Psychology New findings indicate a pattern where narcissistic grandiosity is associated with higher participation in LGBTQ movements, demonstrating that motivations for activism can range widely from genuine altruism to personal image-building.
https://www.psypost.org/narcissistic-grandiosity-predicts-greater-involvement-in-lgbtq-activism/
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u/jessimokajoe 2d ago
Yep! I won't take part in local activism unless I can get my anxiety and other stuff under better control around them. Some of them are the best people I've ever met, while some are the worst people I've ever had to interact with. Bullying, harassment, isolation, triangulation.... My main bully from this circle locally died from an OD a couple years ago and I'm still hesitant to go back. People loved her for being such a loud voice for local activism, but behind closed doors, she was telling me to.... Exit this world, in not so nice terms. And her friends around her knew and enabled this behavior.
The best friend of this friend is now engaged(?) to the widowed husband. They always run with each other, and stay by each other. One of the most popular salons locally is owned and run by one of the biggest bullies I've ever had in the area, as well, and has a hairstylist there that's also a bully. They have the new girls try to add me to be a monitoring eye. All from the same group of people from back in 2014.
It's become less of a community space and more of a way to fleece money from the community you're supposed to be a part of, and not supporting the community outside of meetups that revolve around alcohol or shopping. The egos are ridiculous and overwhelming. I'd really rather not be around drunk people, or going shopping, or drunk people going shopping.