Posted by: corboy ()
Date: April 22, 2013 11:06AM
VERY IMPORTANT DISTINCTION OF NARCISSISM ...FOR SURE BUTLER
SOUND TO MELIKE WHAT corboy describe" Narcissistic Behavior Disorder"
SO MUCH ABUSES OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIFE TO HIM ...
To extend the discussion of narcissism, here is further info.
Heinz Kohut found a distinction could be made between two forms of narcissism, one less severe, which he termed narcissistic personality disorder and a more severe manifestation, narcissistic behavior disorder.
There is an important distinction between narcissistic personality disorder and narcissistic behavior disorder.
In NPD, one feels emptiness, but in NBD the person goes so far as to use/abuse other people as objects to self soothe or self repair. In one of the citations NBD is characterized by "
These days Narcissist and Narcissism are flung about.
Each of us has a tinge of narcisisistic personality wounding...none of us has ever had a 100% trauma free upbringing.
But Narcissistic Behavior Disorder " characterized by perverse, antisocial, and addictive behaviors" is very much more grave--one is using and abusing people to repair and sooth one's fragile sense of self (which requires constant propping up) and this usage of and disposal of people leaves a trail of wreckage in one's wake.
This makes sense when one hears reports of some guru cherishing and seeming to favor someone as unique, then abruptly treating that person as an object to be disposed of.
The constant quest of a cult leader for new fresh recruits can be seen as similar to an addicts' drug seeking behavior. When that bottle of vodka (or whatever) is empty, its no longer an object of desire, but something to be tossed aside.
Date: April 22, 2013 11:06AM
VERY IMPORTANT DISTINCTION OF NARCISSISM ...FOR SURE BUTLER
SOUND TO MELIKE WHAT corboy describe" Narcissistic Behavior Disorder"
SO MUCH ABUSES OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIFE TO HIM ...
To extend the discussion of narcissism, here is further info.
Heinz Kohut found a distinction could be made between two forms of narcissism, one less severe, which he termed narcissistic personality disorder and a more severe manifestation, narcissistic behavior disorder.
There is an important distinction between narcissistic personality disorder and narcissistic behavior disorder.
In NPD, one feels emptiness, but in NBD the person goes so far as to use/abuse other people as objects to self soothe or self repair. In one of the citations NBD is characterized by "
These days Narcissist and Narcissism are flung about.
Each of us has a tinge of narcisisistic personality wounding...none of us has ever had a 100% trauma free upbringing.
But Narcissistic Behavior Disorder " characterized by perverse, antisocial, and addictive behaviors" is very much more grave--one is using and abusing people to repair and sooth one's fragile sense of self (which requires constant propping up) and this usage of and disposal of people leaves a trail of wreckage in one's wake.
This makes sense when one hears reports of some guru cherishing and seeming to favor someone as unique, then abruptly treating that person as an object to be disposed of.
The constant quest of a cult leader for new fresh recruits can be seen as similar to an addicts' drug seeking behavior. When that bottle of vodka (or whatever) is empty, its no longer an object of desire, but something to be tossed aside.