Hospice nurse shares link between narcissism and dying claiming everything 'comes out at death'
A hospice nurse has issued a warning about the link between narcissism and death, saying friends and family 'need to be prepared'.
Hospice nurse Julie McFadden has shared plenty of wisdom about the process of dying in the past, from the most common last words she's heard to the four stages of dying that everyone goes through, as she continues to change people's perceptions of death.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) can be defined as a disorder causing someone to exhibit symptoms like lack of empathy, grandiose sense of self, or delusions of grandeur.
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Stereotypically, you'd imagine a narcissist to be a pathological liar, and though this may not be 100 percent true, someone with NPD protects themselves by any means necessary, which can include lying and manipulation of others, among other things.
Diagnosed narcissists have spoken out about what it's like to live with the condition, with some admitting the scariest things about having the disorder.
And it turns out that death and narcissism can be linked.
Nurse Julie begins the video by stitching it with a fellow death expert's take on death.
Ashley from Distant Shores death care, is also a death doula, someone that essentially help those near death.
She explains: "When people die, they are more of who they've always been."
And while someone might keep their narcissistic personality traits in check while they're alive, when they're dying these negative characteristics can come to the fore.
There is a difference between having the mental health disorder and having narcissistic tendencies, but Nurse Julie explains that both of these can shine through when you're in your final days.
Adding to fellow expert Ashley's point, Nurse Julie says: "She's talking about narcissism and dying, [about] people with narcissistic tendencies or who are narcissists.
"She's talking about what I always say, people die how they lived and not only do they die how they lived, who they are at their core like she said, comes out at death."
Essentially, the hospice nurse said that 'if someone is difficult to their core', then simply, they will also 'be difficult at the end of life'.
The expert also warned: "Families and loved ones who are going to be around that, if they choose to be, need to be prepared."
This means that those who may have narcissistic tendencies or an undiagnosed case of NPD will have these traits shine through in their final days, as people's true selves always shows.
Topics: Mental Health, Health
Joshua Nair