Prof Sam Vaknin
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Reality as Narcissistic Injury (Grandiosity Gap)
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18:18Now PlayingAdulthood, maturity are about life and behavioral constriction: inhibitions, boundaries, learning from experience what to avoid, losses - and attendant anxieties.
Reality – including social reality – constricts. The narcissist rejects reality in favor of fantasy.
Grandiosity gap renders reality a constant state of ambient narcissistic injury which leads to frustration and aggression (narcissistic abuse).
When the delusional fantasy crumbles abruptly it results in a narcissistic mortification.
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