Narcissism as a coping defense mechanism just to feel safe

My thoughts and insights on narcissism and codependency and boundary issues and some family dynamics that I'm trying to overcome and heal and grow and learn gaining insights on what is narcissism and how that relates to me and other people in my family and figuring out how to have high self-esteem and at the same time not be a selfish jerk etc all these different issues I think narcissism is a form of coping and a defense mechanism building yourself up to make yourself feel better because you're actually quite insecure and at the same time I'm proud of some of the self-centered things I've done just a big ball of wax that I'm talking about here!