The speaker argued that the narcissistic false self functions as a form of code switching: it alternates between a desire to belong and a grandiose, godlike self-image, creating an irreconcilable duality. This false self is established in childhood as a protective adaptation but becomes rigid and totalizing, enabling seamless simulation of normality while masking a profound inner void and dependence on external validation. The ongoing code switching produces chronic self-alienation, impostor feelings, anxiety, and an unbridgeable gap between hidden low self-worth and ostentatious public superiority. Code-switching Narcissist (False Self)