Re: Please re-read Narcissistic. Thanks.

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: : I did; I read all of them. : : : : <b>NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY</b> : : : : Behavioral Level: : : : : (F) Expressively Haughty (e.g., acts in an arrogant, supercilious, pompous, and disdainful manner : [Only occasionally as a joke.] : , flouting conventional rules of shared social living, viewing them as naive or inapplicable to self; : [No, not the rules of shared social living.] : reveals a careless disregard for personal integrity and a self-important indifference to the rights of others). : [I don't think so.] : : : : (F) Interpersonally Exploitive (e.g., feels entitled, is unempathic and expects special favors without assuming reciprocal responsibilities; shamelessly takes others for granted and uses them to enhance self and indulge desires). : [I don't think I take others for granted.] : : : : Phenomenological Level: : : : : (F) Cognitively Expansive (e.g., has an undisciplined imagination and exhibits a preoccupation with immature and self-glorifying fantasies of success, beauty or love; is minimally constrained by objective reality, takes liberties with facts and often lies to redeem self-illusions). : [I can be a bit grandiose at times.] : : : : (S) Admirable Self-Image (e.g., believes self to be meritorious, special, if not unique, deserving of great admiration, and acting in a grandiose or self-assured manner, often without commensurate achievements; has a sense of high self-worth, despite being seen by others as egotistic, inconsiderate, and arrogant). : [I'm not seen as inconsiderate or arrogant.] : : : : (S) Contrived Objects (e.g., internalized representations are composed far more than usual of illusory and changing memories of past relationships; unacceptable drives and conflicts are readily refashioned as the need arises, as are others often simulated and pretentious). : [I don't think I understand that bit (above)] : : : : Intrapsychic Level: : : : : (F) Rationalization Mechanism (e.g., is self-deceptive and facile in devising plausible reasons to justify self-centered and socially inconsiderate behaviors; offers alibis to place oneself in the best possible light, despite evident shortcomings or failures). : [No, I see myself as a failure.] : : : : (S) Spurious Organization (e.g., morphologic structures underlying coping and defensive strategies tend to be flimsy and transparent, appear more substantial and dynamically orchestrated than they are in fact, regulating impulses only marginally, channeling needs with minimal restraint, and creating an inner world in which conflicts are dismissed, failures are quickly redeemed, and self-pride is effortlessly reasserted). : [I don't find my failures are quickly redeemed - far from it. Self-pride is definitely not effortlessly reasserted. I am good at regaining hope and try to trust that my little ego doesn't matter that much that I should spend the rest of my life in depression over failures. Mostly what helps me to come out of depression over failure is my interests in so many things. Also my spiritual beliefs.] : : : : Biophysical Level: : : : : (S) Insouciant Mood (e.g., manifests a general air of nonchalance, imperturbability, and feigned tranquility; appears coolly unimpressionable or buoyantly optimistic, except when narcissistic confidence is shaken, at which time either rage, shame, or emptiness is briefly displayed). : [I really don't know as I'm so mercurial. I don't deliberately feign tranquility and I'm not sure I ever appear tranquil, except when I'm holding a baby maybe. I see myself as an optimist realist. Rage and shame, yes.]

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