--- 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=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How Can I Make This News Linking Selfies and Narcissism About Me? by [Jessica Roy](https://time.com/author/jessica-roy/) ## Jessica Roy Mar 24, 2014 2:24 PM UTC  Please compliment my hair in this selfie, it looks pretty good don't you think? DON'T YOU THINK? Please compliment my hair in this selfie, it looks pretty good don't you think? DON'T YOU THINK?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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