NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER (NPD) This is – at least for now – the last episode on narcissism. I know I only touched two types of narcissism Grandiose or Overt Narcissism and Vulnerable or Covert Narcissism and yes, there are more. I will just briefly go into these, to at least have mentioned them. And of […]
THE COVERT OR VULNERABLE NARCISSIST I have realised, that this series is polarising quite a bit. It appears to have hit a nerve and yet there is something I want to clarify which cannot be said often enough. I mentioned it in the first episode already. We ALL have narcissistic tendencies and we need these […]
THE OVERT OR GRANDIOSE NARCISSIST As I mentioned in my post last week, my mother was an overt or grandiose narcissist, so I will begin with this one. Overt or grandiose narcissism Grandiosity is one of the defining characteristics of narcissism. It is so much more than just vanity or simple arrogance. Grandiosity is an […]
In our day and age narcissism appears to be spreading like wildfire and sometimes it feels like we are surrounded by them. I believe that above all the circumstances of the past three years again play a major role here. To make one thing clear, we all carry narcissistic traits within us and that is […]
A word means something to me. Call me old fashioned, but when I make a promise – thus raising certain expectations – I will go out of my way to keep it or I simply do not make it in the first place. When you promise or even just suggest something to someone, you create […]