Today's episode of The Social Work Journal explores narratives. Deltom theorizes that there are two types of narratives: the narratives we tell ourselves (to justify our behavior or make ourselves feel better) & the narratives we tell others (which are tied to our identity). Throughout this episode, Deltom uses real-life scenarios and references pop-culture to give further context of how narratives are defense mechanisms that cause us to act in a manner that is counterintuitive to our true intentions.

3:45 Our Identity is who we are (we need others to believe "who" we say we are)

5:55 Pleasure Principal (our need to experience pleasure and disregard pain)

7:30 A strong vs. weak ego and our ability to tolerate frustrations

8:00 The overuse of the term "narcissism"

9: 45 Perceived failure (a sense of great loss) ...