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  2. Narcissistic injury - Wikipedia

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    In psychology, narcissistic injury, also known as narcissistic wound or wounded ego, is emotional trauma that overwhelms an individual's defense mechanisms and devastates their pride and self-worth. In some cases, the shame or disgrace is so significant that the individual can never again truly feel good about who they are.

  3. Malignant narcissism - Wikipedia

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    The terms malignant narcissist and psychopath are sometimes used interchangeably because there is little to clinically separate the two. Individuals who have narcissistic personality disorder, malignant narcissism, and psychopathy all exhibit similar symptoms, as detailed in the Hare Psychopathy Checklist. The test consists of 20 items that are ...

  4. 6 Signs of Narcissistic Abuse Therapists Need You to Know - AOL

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    While the word narcissistic is thrown around a fair amount, narcissistic personality disorder is a diagnosable condition. According to The American Journal of Psychiatry, up to 5.3 percent of the ...

  5. Narcissistic withdrawal - Wikipedia

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    Sigmund Freud originally used the term narcissism to denote the process of the projection of the individual's libido from its object onto themselves; his essay "On Narcissism" saw him explore the idea through an examination of such everyday events as illness or sleep: "the condition of sleep, too, resembles illness in implying a narcissistic withdrawal of the positions of the libido on to the ...

  6. Healthy narcissism - Wikipedia

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    The healthy narcissist succeeds in updating narcissistic data (such as acquaintance with the unfamiliar) and in enabling the recovery of self-familiarity from injury and psychic pains. Healthy narcissism activates immunologic process of restoring the stabilization of cohesiveness, integrity and vigorousness of the self and the restoration of ...

  7. Narcissistic defences - Wikipedia

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    Narcissistic defenses are among the earliest defense mechanisms to emerge, and include denial, distortion, and projection. [4] Splitting is another defense mechanism prevalent among individuals with narcissistic personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, and antisocial personality disorder—seeing people and situations in black and white terms, either as all bad or all good.

  8. Narcissistic parent - Wikipedia

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    A narcissistic parent will often abuse the normal parental role of guiding children and being the primary decision-maker in a child's life, becoming overly possessive and controlling. This possessiveness and excessive control weaken the child; the parent sees the child simply as an extension of the parent. [ 10 ]

  9. Sam Vaknin - Wikipedia

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    Shmuel "Sam" Vaknin (born April 21, 1961) is an Israeli writer and professor of psychology and business studies. [1] [2] He is the author of Malignant Self Love: Narcissism Revisited (1999), was the last editor-in-chief of the now-defunct political news website Global Politician, and runs a private website about narcissistic personality disorder (NPD).