From http://www.operationdoubles.com/narc/
Malignant narcissists have an inferiority complex. So, their narcissism is a COMPENSATORY egomania. It is caused by shame and is low esteem in disguise. Quite the opposite of someone who just has a big head…
That underlying shame and self loathing is what makes a malignant narcissist malignant. Whereas narcissistic-but-normal people have big heads, malignant [...]
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Here are several links to some good books on narcissism.
The Wizard of Oz and Other Narcissists: Coping with the One-Way Relationship in Work, Love, and Family
In Sheep’s Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People
Why Is It Always About You? : Saving Yourself from the Narcissists in Your Life
Think I’ll be buying the books. Became very interested in [...]
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Wanted to write a post about magical thinking and found such wonderful info about it on Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_thinking
Will get back to it later.
But it led me to a link on True Believer Syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True-believer_syndrome and from there, a link to John W. Worley, renowned psychiatrist, and victim of a 419 scam.
Along with the scam and [...]
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