narcissism

The Flouride Deception and Edward Bernays

Posted by centaur on June 8, 2007 at 7:53 am

The Fluoride Deception (Interview With Christopher Bryson)http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7319752042352089988&pl=true
Learn about Edward Bernays, nephew of the very Sigmund Freud, and pioneer of a scientific technique for manipulating public opinion called - “engineering of consent“.  Sounds like something me and my family have already encountered from some doctors. And not exactly with our best intentions at heart either. More for their expediency and convenience, [...]

DSM-V Prelude Project

Posted by centaur on May 8, 2007 at 7:52 am

http://www.answers.com/topic/diagnostic-and-statistical-manual-of-mental-disorders 
The DSM has seen criticisms through the years. A Columbia University team headed by Robert Spitzer, an editor of the DSM, acknowledges a concern about the DSM in their annual report of 2001, “Problems with the current DSM-IV categorical (present vs. absent) approach to the classification of personality disorders have long been recognized by clinicians [...]

Sins of the Fathers and other pedophiles

Posted by centaur on March 3, 2007 at 7:42 am

Just saw a W-Five report on a pedophile priest in Canada. Trying to find it online but no success. I have found this article instead, which is quite shocking if you were to click it and read it in its entirety. Gives some background on why pedophile priests may have historically been protected, their abuses kept hidden, their [...]

Incest a positive or neutral experience

Posted by centaur on February 27, 2007 at 5:37 am

http://www.infoforhealth.org/pr/l11/l11chap3_3.shtml
 
Image from Info for Health and the Hesperian Foundation http://www.hesperian.org/
I’ve been reading how some claim incest was a positive or neutral experience for them. Of course, there are those who claim corporal punishment was a good thing for them too. So they see nothing wrong in meting out physical punishment to their own children when they misbehave, or otherwise. 
Why [...]

What Malignant Narcissism is and is not

Posted by centaur on February 26, 2007 at 5:29 am

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 [...]

More on Narcissism

Posted by centaur on February 25, 2007 at 8:57 am

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 [...]

Up to our knees in evil – child porn and other abuses

Posted by centaur on February 8, 2007 at 3:43 am

I and the public know
What all schoolchildren learn,
Those to whom evil is done
Do evil in return. – W. H. Auden
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/070207/national/cda_child_porn
By Sue Bailey
OTTAWA (CP) – News of a Canadian link to a major international child-pornography ring is the latest in a growing number of horrific homegrown cases, says a top investigator.
“We’re up to our knees in [...]

More on Narcissism

Posted by centaur on February 2, 2007 at 5:21 am

Oh my! I’m looking up narcissism because of the callous way I’m being treated by someone, and instead, I’m finding a description of some family members who’ve passed on. Pretty shocking!!  This part is the most meaningful to me: “children of narcissists keep trying, as if by bonding with new narcissists we could somehow cure our [...]