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Edmund Bergler developed the concept of narcissistic mortification in connection with early fantasies of omnipotence in the developing child, and with the fury provoked by the confrontations with reality that undermine his or her illusions. [3]
Edmund Bergler (/ ˈ b ɛər ɡ l ər / BAIR-glər, German: [ˈɛtmʊnt ˈbɛʁɡlɐ]; July 20, 1899 – February 6, 1962) was an Austrian-born American psychoanalyst whose books covered such topics as childhood development, mid-life crises, loveless marriages, gambling, self-defeating behaviors, and homosexuality.
Edmund Bergler emphasized the importance of infantile omnipotence in narcissism, [13] and the rage that follows any blow to that sense of narcissistic omnipotence; [14] Annie Reich stressed how a feeling of shame-fueled rage, when a blow to narcissism exposed the gap between one's ego ideal and reality; [15] while Jacques Lacan linked Freud on ...
Narcissistic elation may subsequently be reactivated within a therapeutic context. Edmund Bergler wrote of 'the narcissistic elation that comes from self-understanding'; [11] while Herbert Rosenfeld described what he called the re-emergence of '"narcissistic omnipotent object relations"...in the clinical situation'. [12]
Narcissists like it when their partner (or someone in their life) depends on them for money. So, if things suddenly change and that person gets a job, or starts hanging out with someone else who ...
Homosexuality: Disease or Way of Life? is a 1956 book by the psychoanalyst Edmund Bergler, in which the author argues that homosexuality is a curable illness. [1] [2] Bergler denies that homosexuality is caused by hormonal or other biological factors, the Oedipus complex, or having a dominant mother and a weak or absent father, instead attributing both male and female homosexuality to pre ...
Stephanie Grisham, a former Trump White House official, said in the film that she believes Trump knew he lost, “But he’s a narcissist and his ego will not accept defeat.”
Muir’s detractors however, labeled the anchor a “ pathetic narcissist,” believing the fixing of the jacket was done to enhance his appearance by giving his torso a more defined look on camera.