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Posted by: elderolddog ( )
Date: March 27, 2021 07:21PM
Narcissists... driven by insecurity??? Of course: Joseph Smith!!!

“Narcissism is driven by insecurity, and not an inflated sense of self, finds a new study, which offers a more detailed understanding of this long-examined phenomenon and may also explain what motivates the self-focused nature of social media activity.”

https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2021/march/narcissism-driven-by-insecurity--not-grandiose-sense-of-self--ne.html

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Posted by: Cauda ( )
Date: March 28, 2021 04:04AM
Re: Narcissists... driven by insecurity??? Of course: Joseph Smith!!!

Otto Kernberg describes it in a youtube video as a defence built upon a borderline personality disorder. It is a defence against the ever returning emotional explosion/implosion that borderliners suffer from.

Narcissism: A Defense Against Borderline

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlopY4DfFV4

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