Prof Sam Vaknin
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Narcissist's Frenemy: His/her Body (Psypedia Conference, Russia)
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47:43Now PlayingNarcissist weaponizes and instrumentalizes his/her body
Somatic vs. cerebral narcissist
Othering failure: body fixation
Body as a shrine, sacred ground, fantasy (paracosm)
Auto-erotism vs. promiscuity (dark triad)
Body as seat of trauma ("the body keeps the score"): somatization (conversion), somatoform disorders
Body objectified, fluid, controlled, maxxed (e.g., plastic surgery)
Body as bait (narcissistic supply) via flagellation, mortification (proscial narcissism), endurance (athletics, sports)
Signaling: body as plaimpsest (e.g., in-group or gang affiliation tattoos)
Bodybuilding, martial arts, sexual conquests
Sartorial: normcore vs. ostentatious
Body idealized, devalued, but always persecutory (aging, disease, disability, death)
Body needs to be placated, maintained, renovated
Ambivamence, angst (body is anxiogenic): hypochondriasis (illness anxiety disorder)
OCD (e.g., injurious, ritualistic, excercise regimen (anankastia)
Dissociated body (estrangement), depersonalization
Narcissist with chronic illness, disability, or injury:
Schizotypal reaction (magical thinking)
Narcissistic rage
Schizoid reaction
Paranoid reaction or ideation
Masochistic reaction (self-punitive purging)
Exaggerated helplessness (control from the bottom, emotional blackmail)
Control freakery
Sadism
Body postures of the narcissist:
Hypervigilant-paranoid
Pleading-expectant
Dismissive-contemptuous
Superior-boastful
Impatient-scornful
Membership-gravitas
Converting-empathic
Observer-detached
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