While browsing Amazon recently, a suggestion appeared based on other titles I’ve viewed on the topic of Narcissism.

The One-Way Relationship Workbook: Step-by-Step Help for Coping With Narcissists, Egotistical Lovers, Toxic Coworkers, and Others Who Are Incredibly Self-Absorbed (New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)

First, my mouth dropped, then my blood boiled.

Why?  Check out these chapter titles…

I can imagine it now…some poor, unsuspecting (yet hopeful) individual goes to their local Barnes & Noble because they want to discover how their soul was wrenched from their body by a mere human.

So, they browse the shelves, perhaps asking a trusty sales associate to lead them to books related to Narcissism…where they come across this title, which leads them to believe there is hope with the Narcissist.

Seriously?  “Hope” and “Narcissist” are contradictory terms.  Authors of this ilk help perpetuate the Narcissism epidemic by suggesting there are ways to communicate with these disordered individuals and further, that one…