--- title: Selfies Linked to Narcissism, Addiction and Mental Illness description: OK but what do you think of MY selfies? canonical: https://time.com/35478/how-can-i-make-this-news-linking-selfies-and-narcissism-about-me/ author: Jessica Roy article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-24T14:24:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:08:05.954Z og:title: Selfies Are Making Us All Narcissitic og:description: But how can I make this about me? og:url: https://time.com/35478/how-can-i-make-this-news-linking-selfies-and-narcissism-about-me/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt047cb5e0cfebbbff/698686e7adae44641f5421c1/screen-shot-2014-03-24-at-10-23-50-am.png?branch=production&width=607&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 607 og:image:height: 341 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-03-24 at 10.23.50 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Selfies Are Making Us All Narcissitic twitter:description: But how can I make this about me? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt047cb5e0cfebbbff/698686e7adae44641f5421c1/screen-shot-2014-03-24-at-10-23-50-am.png?branch=production&width=607&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How Can I Make This News Linking Selfies and Narcissism About Me? > Sponsored content. 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Jessica Roy by [Jessica Roy](https://time.com/author/jessica-roy/) ## Jessica Roy Mar 24, 2014 2:24 PM UTC The _International Business Times_ [reports](http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/selfies-linked-narcissism-addiction-mental-illness-say-scientists-1441480) that scientists have found a link between selfies and narcissism which honestly makes no sense because it’s like, how else am I supposed to derive self-worth other than posting filtered photos of my face for creepy dudes I went to high school with to save to their desktops? “Selfies frequently trigger perceptions of self-indulgence or attention-seeking social dependence that raises the damned-if-you-do and damned-if-you-don’t spectre of either narcissism or low self-esteem,” said psychologist Pamela Rutledge, according to the _IB Times_. So, to recap: Selfies are narcissistic. Selfies [matter](http://healthland.time.com/2013/09/06/why-selfies-matter/). Selfies are [a cry for help](http://jezebel.com/selfies-arent-empowering-theyre-a-cry-for-help-1468965365). Selfies are [feminist](http://www.slate.com/articles/double%5Fx/doublex/2013/11/selfies%5Fon%5Finstagram%5Fand%5Ffacebook%5Fare%5Ftiny%5Fbursts%5Fof%5Fgirl%5Fpride.html). Selfies ruin [relationships](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/13/too-many-facebook-photos-study%5Fn%5F3749053.html). 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