We are a narcissistic society - and it's getting worse thanks, in part, to technology. You can post the minutiae of your day on Facebook and Twitter for the world to see; in-depth and in-person conversations have been pushed aside for texting incomplete sentences; and much of the self-help movement encourages people to "follow your dreams!" and "don't take no for an answer!"

But when does a healthy interest in yourself start morphing into self-absorption and eventually into full-blown narcissism? And how does it affect our relationships, and ultimately, marriage?

Psychologist Dr. Larry A. Bugen answers these questions and more in his upcoming book, Stuck on Me...Missing You: Getting Past Self-Absorption to Find Love (Feb. 2011). In 30 years of counseling married couples, he has seen self-absorption taken to a whole new level. In fact, he says that narcissism is the greatest obstacle to successful marriage therapy. Discussion points:

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