Prof Sam Vaknin
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Narcissistic Supply Deficiency Coping Strategies
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August 26, 2010
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The Grandiosity Gap (between a fantastically grandiose and unlimited selfimage and actual limited accomplishments and achievements) is grating. Its recurrence threatens the precariously balanced house of cards that is the narcissistic personality. The narcissist finds, to his chagrin, that people out there are much less admiring, accommodating and accepting than his parents. As he grows old, the narcissist often become the target of constant derision and mockery, a sorry sight indeed. His claims for superiority appear less plausible and substantial the more and the longer he makes them. The narcissist then resorts to selfdelusion. Unable to completely ignore contrarian opinion and data he transmutes them. Unable to face the dismal failure that he is, the narcissist partially withdraws from reality. To soothe and salve the pain of disillusionment, he administers to his aching soul a mixture of lies, distortions, halftruths and outlandish interpretations of events around him. (From the book "Malignant SelfloveNarcissism Revisited" by Sam Vaknin Click on this link to purchase the print book, or 16 ebooks, or 2 DVDs with 12 hours of video lectures on narcissists, psychopaths, and abuse in relationships)
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