In this era of social media, substantial amount of individuals are finding comfort in the label of narcissism to explain what they have experienced or are experiencing by an abuser.

Sighs of relief come from those who finally have a term to explain what they experienced. Cue the range of books and so called experts dedicated to help individual's recover from narcissists.

However, the current clinical understanding is that the term may not fully encompass the realities of domestic violence or abusive behaviour. This leads to the understanding that social media has failed when it has ultimately coloured abusive relationships with the same brush as narcissism or narcissistic personality disorder.