Egotism In Interpersonal Communication

Egotism, which is the practice of thinking and talking about one’s self excessively because of an unwarranted sense of self-importance, can be detrimental to one’s ability to interact with others in a positive manner. The divorced father in the story “Reunion” exemplifies this characteristic multiple times whilst spending time with his son, and research has been conducted that reinforces the fact that egotistical behavior has negative consequences. In the case of divorced people such as the father, one’s well being can be lowered due to the tumultuous process of separating from their spouse. An article from Social Forces mentions that divorced people suffer from greater psychological distress along with lower levels of happiness and self-esteem. Due to the mentally cancerous nature of egotism, it would not be far-fetched to conclude that a person may become conceited in order to alleviate the pain they feel due to the lack of love and

In the article “(Please Don’t) Say It to My Face! The Interaction of Feedback and Distance: Experiments with Vulgar Language”, David Blake Johnson concludes that the fear of punishment for using vulgar language either increases or decreases depending on the situation. For someone who tends to not engage in beneficial interpersonal communication, they are more prone to use language that would be deemed inappropriate by others because they themselves feel that that language is fine for getting their point across. Because of this, that aforementioned “fear of punishment” is nowhere to be found. After getting into a dispute with a waiter at an Italian restaurant, the father tells the former to go to hell (in Italian). Just that exchange alone is indicative of how an interaction with an egotist can play out if one does something that unsettles them. Ultimately, this immaturity is another chink in the armor of the self-absorbed