ellauri115.html on line 1091: In his view, narcissists have lost their "true self", the core of their personality, which has been replaced by delusions of grandeur, a "false self". Therefore, he believes, they cannot be healed, because they do not exist as real persons, only as reflections: "The False Self replaces the narcissist's True Self and is intended to shield him from hurt and narcissistic injury by self-imputing omnipotence ... The narcissist pretends that his False Self is real and demands that others affirm this confabulation," meanwhile keeping his real-life imperfect true self under wraps.
ellauri115.html on line 1093: Vaknin distinguishes between cerebral and somatic narcissists; the former generate their narcissistic supply by applying their minds, the latter their bodies. He considers himself a cerebral narcissist because he is no eye candy.
ellauri115.html on line 1097: He believes that disproportionate numbers of pathological narcissists are at work in the most influential reaches of society, such as medicine, finance and politics. Plus art and entertainment.
ellauri163.html on line 742: However, there is evidence which suggests that a large portion of PZ Myers´ blog audience are narcissists rather than individuals who have Asperger´s Syndrome (see: PZ Myers´ antitheist blog audience and the issue of narcissism vs. Asperger´s Syndrome).
ellauri163.html on line 756: Dr. Mark Goulston, M.D. wrote in his article Just Listen - Don´t Confuse a Narcissist with Asperger´s Syndrome: “Both narcissists and high functioning people with Asperger like features are goal minded to a fault, and both can view other people more as functions or vehicles to achieve that goal instead of as people with feelings. However a critical difference between the two is that a narcissist doesn´t care if they hurt you or your feelings (and the truly malignant ones may even take delight in doing so), whereas someone with Asperger´s like features would prefer not to.
ellauri507.html on line 111: For García Márquez, writing this story was a personal milestone because he got it published. He was about 20 at the time. He wrote it after reading Kafka and realizing that literature did not have to follow strict, traditional rules of realism. While it lacks the vibrant, community-focused "magical realism" of his later masterpieces like One Hundred Years of Solitude, "The Third Resignation" establishes the very first seeds of his lifelong literary obsession: the profound, inescapable solitude of the human condition. That is a feeling shared by narcissists, not so much by autists. They don´t even notice the absence of other minds.
xxx/ellauri157.html on line 514: Interestingly, several of Hesse’s drawings and etchings were discovered at the National Library in Israel half a century after his death. I bet he had asked Buber to come up to have a look at them. Like all narcissists, those born to be wild never wanna die, even if they explode into space.
xxx/ellauri492.html on line 105: "Splitting" (also known as black-or-white thinking or all-or-nothing thinking) or viewing other people as good or bad (i.e., narcissists shift between idealizing someone and then degrading them; seeing someone as all good and then all bad) can explain the sudden nature of rage responses.
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xxx/ellauri492.html on line 181: Female narcissists often use subtle methods to control others, like giving or withholding affection. They might stop speaking to people who don’t give them the attention or respect they expect. Male narcissists are more likely to use direct and aggressive tactics (yelling), while female narcissists often rely on guilt or exclusion to get their way.
xxx/ellauri492.html on line 184: 1. She Doesn’t Respect You. Narcissists must always be right, and they cannot value another’s perspective or opinion. Trying to put boundaries in place is impossible with narcissists as they do not believe anyone else has the right to have input in their lives. A narcissistic daughter-in-law may disrespect you by purposefully being late for family get-togethers, forgetting about important occasions, or name-calling.
xxx/ellauri492.html on line 192: 4. She Gaslights the Family. Gaslighting is one of the most frequently used maneuvers of narcissists. A daughter-in-law’s gaslighting could look like her denying promises you know she made. She may ask you to stop by on a particular day, but when you show up, she’s not home or swears she never invited you.
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