Unhealthy Self-Image Quotes

I was always the young guy. And when you're successful when you're young, it leads to an arrested adolescence or something, y'know.

People can very quickly have a very poor self-image. It doesn't take much.

Many times, people who are self-involved or bullies, it stems from a place of hurt and insecurity within oneself.

I was into the music scene, but I was also a bit of a perfectionist and very hard on myself... very dark in that way.

The best narcissists can block things out and act like nothing ever happened to just keep going.

Narcissism is not about self love. It's a clinical trait that belies a deep sense of emptiness, low self-esteem, emotional detachment, self-loathing, extreme problems with intimacy.

I do not know Rep. Weiner. But I do know he seems to have the features of a narcissist. Narcissists feel empty. Narcissists feel invincible. But their emotional landscape is barren.

I was trying to heal wounds all the time, whether it meant having affairs or having attitude. I didn't want to show how sad I was.

I don't think it's that difficult to distinguish between people with narcissistic disorders and people with high self-esteem.

When people don't like themselves very much, they have to make up for it. The classic bully was actually a victim first.

I probably suffered from a narcissistic disorder in some way.

My heavily-cleverly disguised low self-regard manifested itself in my constant showing off, my addiction for publicity, and my intolerable 'me-me-me' attitudes and actions. But it's done, isn't it? And no one can really change, can they? And, hey, it has been a lot of fun being the life-long irresponsible, snarky, nasty art scamp.