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1. A great many narcissistic children will label a classmate / neighbor an enemy somewhere between grades 6-8, and do everything in their power to destroy him.
by sam_goody 4y ago
1. A great many narcissistic children will label a classmate / neighbor an enemy somewhere between grades 6-8, and do everything in their power to destroy him.
Their popularity and talent for molding public opinion will help them, as will the understanding that no one else wants to be his next victim.
Unfortunately, I have seen this too often (the school psych told me it is a common trait for narcissists), and the effects on the victim are catastrophic.
2. As someone who runs a youth group, I know a family which is highly narcissist. It is very painful for me to watch them (they are children, so it is not personal, nor is it a threat). By the first kid, I mentioned something to the father, who turned on me personally and caused some days of heartache. By now, I just feel bad for them - and everyone who will ever be in contact with them. The school psychologist said that he cannot provide help without the parents OK, and the parents will never say OK.
I know of no solution.
- malwarebytess 4y agoI know of one. Many won't like it, though, because it involves flexing the muscles of the state. And at the end, I'm not sure the potential benefits outweigh the real risks.
- throwawaylinux 4y agoCriminalize mental deviancy, as defined and adjudicated by some state-employed panel of "experts"? You're really on the fence about the cost/benefit of this one?
- malwarebytess 4y agoYes I am. In my view people with NPD probably should be isolated from society in the same way an irredeemable criminal should be; that is because narcissists will never stop harming people if left to their own devices. If it's possible to do this without causing too much harm to society or our concept of justice, then it should be done. Thing is we already do this. The only step that would be novel would be allowing new inputs into the system. We already institutionalize millions of people with mental disorders. When there's no focus on mental disorders and treatment that's where prisons come in, when there is a focus on mental disorder and treatment then mental hospitals come into the picture. The sorting already happens. The differences would be in where do we begin intake, and where do we place people.
- throwawaylinux 4y agoWould make sense to start with the ones in the positions to do the most harm then. Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, congressional insider traders, the bankers, war profiteers, etc. Sounds good, I'm in.