36,800
edits
Narcissism: Difference between revisions
→Narcissism – The Secondary Stages of Negative Ego
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
'''The Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissism''': | '''The Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissism''': | ||
| Line 20: | Line 19: | ||
* Exploitation: Can take many forms but always involves the exploitation of others without regard for their feelings or interests. Often the other is in a subservient position where resistance would be difficult or even impossible. Sometimes the subservience is not so much real as assumed. | * Exploitation: Can take many forms but always involves the exploitation of others without regard for their feelings or interests. Often the other is in a subservient position where resistance would be difficult or even impossible. Sometimes the subservience is not so much real as assumed. | ||
* Bad boundaries: Narcissists do not recognize that they have boundaries and that others are separate and are not extensions of themselves. Others either exist to meet their needs or may as well not exist at all. Those who provide narcissistic supply to the narcissist are treated as if they are part of the narcissist and are expected to live up to those expectations. In the mind of a narcissist there is no boundary between self and other. | * Bad boundaries: Narcissists do not recognize that they have boundaries and that others are separate and are not extensions of themselves. Others either exist to meet their needs or may as well not exist at all. Those who provide narcissistic supply to the narcissist are treated as if they are part of the narcissist and are expected to live up to those expectations. In the mind of a narcissist there is no boundary between self and other. <ref> | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism Narcissism]</ref> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism Narcissism]</ref> | ||