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[Hoosier Hillbilly]

NARCISSISM








How to Spot a Narcissist
By Samuel López De Victoria, Ph.D.

psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/08/04/how-to-spot-a-narcissist/




At the core of extreme narcissism is egotistical preoccupation with self, personal preferences, aspirations, needs, success, and how he/she is perceived by others. Some amount of basic narcissism is healthy, of course, but this type of narcissism is better termed as responsibly taking care of oneself. It is what I would call “normal” or “healthy” narcissism.

Extreme narcissists tend to be persons who move towards eventually cutting others off and becoming emotionally isolated. There are all types of levels on that road to isolation. Narcissists come in all shapes, sizes, and degrees. I would like to address how a person becomes an extreme narcissist.

Narcissism, in lay terms, basically means that a person is totally absorbed in self. The extreme narcissist is the center of his own universe. To an extreme narcissist, people are things to be used. It usually starts with a significant emotional wound or a series of them culminating in a major trauma of separation/attachment. No matter how socially skilled an extreme narcissist is, he has a major attachment dysfunction. The extreme narcissist is frozen in childhood. He became emotionally stuck at the time of his major trauma of separation/attachment.

website is posted above -if this was interesting:
"CLICK" & read on ~ ~ ~ ~ ~


psychcentral.com/quizzes/narcissistic.htm

I recommend you take the test, answer each question honestly
(it's very important that you do that!)
I had hesitations @ times but answered as honestly as I could even though it seemed @ times I was contradicting myself.
I scored a 12.

[Hoosier Hillbilly]

From another forum:


As I began to examine people; on this forum, in gov (congress in general), campaigning to get in gov, it becomes evident 'we' all have a touch of
(NPD)- Narcissistic personality disorder - which is a
personality disorder in which the individual is
described as being excessively preoccupied with issues of personal adequacy, power, prestige, and vanity.

After close examination of the symptoms and their causes I have concluded this is the problem not only of the Untied States but has become a world epidemic.

OK! I've studied the symptoms and the causes, now to find the cure or cures. I'm going to have a long talk with Freud, and it's not going to be easy

"DO NOT PANIC!" Some narcissistic traits are common and a normal developmental phase but when these traits are compounded by a failure of the interpersonal environment and continue into adulthood, they may intensify to the point where (NPD) is diagnosed (above 'normal' symptoms)
Hoosier Hillbilly

If you have a desire to increase your knowledge on this subject I suggest as 1st reference;

Wikipedia.org

I knew Sigy and 'i' would agree on this subject,'we've conversed before, so here's our conclusion:

www.minddisorders.com/Kau-Nu/Narcissis...

What Is Narcissism?(( www.narcissismfree.com/what-is-narciss... ))

Narcissism describes the character trait of self love, based on self-image or ego.

The word is derived from a Greek myth. Narcissus was a handsome Greek youth who rejected the desperate advances of the nymph Echo. As punishment, he was doomed to fall in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. Unable to consummate his love, Narcissus pined away and changed into the flower that bears his name, the narcissus.

In psychology and psychiatry, excessive narcissism is recognized as a severe personality dysfunction or personality disorder, most characteristically Narcissistic personality disorder, also referred to as NPD.

Sigmund Freud believed that some narcissism is an essential part of all of us from birth and was the first to use the term in the reference to psychology.
=SEE!'i' told you 'we'd' agree=

Andrew Morrison claims that, in adults, a reasonable amount of healthy narcissism allows the individual's perception of his needs to be balanced in relation to others.
The terms "narcissism", "narcissistic" and "narcissist" are often used as pejoratives, denoting vanity, conceit, egotism or simple selfishness. Applied to a social group, it is sometimes used to denote elitism or an indifference to the plight of others. Arguably, however, these terms are used to draw parallels between allegations of self-centeredness and Narcissistic personality disorder, rather than toward healthy self-love.

NO!'i' refuse to reference anyone on this forum!!!!

[dent]

Dec 6, 2011 7:57:39 GMT -5 Hoosier Hillbilly said:

NARCISSISM








How to Spot a Narcissist
By Samuel López De Victoria, Ph.D.

psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/08/04/how-to-spot-a-narcissist/




At the core of extreme narcissism is egotistical preoccupation with self, personal preferences, aspirations, needs, success, and how he/she is perceived by others. Some amount of basic narcissism is healthy, of course, but this type of narcissism is better termed as responsibly taking care of oneself. It is what I would call “normal” or “healthy” narcissism.

Extreme narcissists tend to be persons who move towards eventually cutting others off and becoming emotionally isolated. There are all types of levels on that road to isolation. Narcissists come in all shapes, sizes, and degrees. I would like to address how a person becomes an extreme narcissist.

Narcissism, in lay terms, basically means that a person is totally absorbed in self. The extreme narcissist is the center of his own universe. To an extreme narcissist, people are things to be used. It usually starts with a significant emotional wound or a series of them culminating in a major trauma of separation/attachment. No matter how socially skilled an extreme narcissist is, he has a major attachment dysfunction. The extreme narcissist is frozen in childhood. He became emotionally stuck at the time of his major trauma of separation/attachment.

website is posted above -if this was interesting:
"CLICK" & read on ~ ~ ~ ~ ~


psychcentral.com/quizzes/narcissistic.htm

I recommend you take the test, answer each question honestly
(it's very important that you do that!)
I had hesitations @ times but answered as honestly as I could even though it seemed @ times I was contradicting myself.
I scored a 12.

I got a 15