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> filtering out everyone who wasn't a born narcissistic enabler. Do you mean that there instances where he really listened or liked/respected/etc someone becau
by jckt 13y ago
> filtering out everyone who wasn't a born narcissistic enabler.
Do you mean that there instances where he really listened or liked/respected/etc someone because they had similar narcissistic tendencies? I was under the impression that people like him tend to hate people like themselves -- a narcissist who thinks he's the best is at greatest odds with another narcissist who thinks he's the best.
- vacri 13y agolutusp means the archetypal 'yes-man', the person who openly admires anything you do and only ever agrees with you, reinforcing your self-esteem, 'enabling' your 'narcissism'.
- jckt 13y agoAh, okay, I get it now. I completely misunderstood lutusp's sentence.
- lutusp 13y ago> Do you mean that there instances where he really listened or liked/respected/etc someone because they had similar narcissistic tendencies? Narcissists and enablers aren't the same personality type, even though one can become the other over time. More here: http://arachnoid.com/ChildrenOfNarcissus http://arachnoid.com/ChildrenOfNarcissus
- ngpio 13y ago> a narcissist who thinks he's the best is at greatest odds to another narcissist who thinks he's the best. Only if both have very literal, wide-reaching interpretations of 'the best'. Arrogance and narcissism are often contextual, and I've met many self-absorbed, but ultimately capable people who value a similar imbalance in others. Who am I kidding, I'm talking about myself.