The Construct Of Narcissism And Its Origins Of Modern Greece And Ovid 's Metamorphoses

The article “Freud on Narcissism-1916” summarizes Freud’s concepts of narcissism. The article explains, “Paraphrenia is defined with a) megalomania and b) a disconnect from reality. The libido that is returned to the ego creates a disinterest and indifference in the external world. The introverted libido, (the ego-libido), needs to store all the energy of the once object libido in the ego. The return of the libido causes

Within the realms of psychology, classification systems are imperative and allow for appropriate organization and proper descriptions of a patient’s psychological diagnosis. (Hunsley, J. & Lee, M. Catherine, 2010). Classification is a central element of all branches of science and social science, and is how clinicians perform their job to diagnose patients. The two, main types of classification systems are the categorical approach and the dimensional approach. In a broad view, the categorical approach is an one in which a person or object is determined to either be a member of a specific category or not, and the dimensional approach is based on the assumption that the object or person being classified differs in the extent to which they possess certain characteristics and properties (Hunsley & Lee, 2010). The controversy over dimensional versus categorical approaches to diagnosis as manifested in the recent development and publication of the DSM-V is a debate that is one to take note of. Numerous limitations and benefits to both the categorical and dimensional approaches exist, and are widely discussed by researchers when speaking of the production of the DSM-V in regards to personality disorders (PDs). This paper will mainly focus on the diagnosing of one with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), and how the changes from the categorical approach to dimensional approach in the recent

Overreacting, focusing on power, and jealousy is something everyone experiences at least once in his or her life, and it is not a reason to suspect a mental illness. However, when one constantly overreacts, demands attention, and is envious of others, it may be a cause for concern, especially when he or she has been acting that way all his or her life or just recently as becoming an adult. When reading the drama Othello, without even realizing it, the reader’s brain forms an opinion about the characters within the tragedy based on their actions and words. Shakespeare uses the actions of his characters to enhance the plot and emphasize tragedy surrounding the life of his main character, Othello. All through the text, the journal “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders” (DSM) is quoted on its description of the known mental disorders throughout the world that helps the doctor diagnose a patient. The DSM defines narcissistic personality disorder as a pattern of grandiosity, a need of admiration, and having an absence of empathy. A personal disorder can present itself as a big issue or as subtle traits that can go undiagnosed for decades and when diagnosed correctly can explain many odd things the patient has done throughout his life. According to the DSM, a person diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) has to exhibit five or more of the symptoms presented.

I will prove that in Metamorphoses, Ovid warns against the dangers of pride and jealousy through his detached depiction of Daedalus’ creation of his wings and his murder of Perdix, while Riordan instead describes Daedalus’ thought processes in detail, focusing on his emotional response to his son’s death and nephew’s callousness in order to create sympathy for his character and allow the reader to better understand the inventor’s actions. Unlike Ovid who finishes Daedalus’ tale with the murder of Perdix, Riordan permits Daedalus to partially redeem himself and apologize for his actions at the end of the story, in order to teach the lesson that it is not our abilities that make us great, but our choices.

Addictive Personality Disorder (APD) is based on the belief that people have a particular set of personality traits that can predispose them to addiction. It is characterized by impulsive behavior, weak ability to commit, mood swings, sensation seeking behavior and even packed on stress and anxiety. (Motley, Kaitlyn. 2016) It’s important to note that addiction can be expressed in a vast array of pursuits ranging from drug abuse, gambling addiction, compulsive buying, sex addiction, alcohol dependency and many more. The continued involvement of a substance and/or activity in spite of negative outcomes is what defines an action as an addiction. (Brannan, Amy.

Such Diagnostic Criteria for Narcissistic Personality is listed in table 1 (DSM-V). The cause may be linked to genetics or behavioral neuroscience which focuses on the study of “physiological, genetics, and developmental mechanisms of behavior in humans . . .” (Merriam Webster Online Dictionary). Which may play a role in the development of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. However, despite this tough-like superficial appearance that Narcissistic individuals tend to exert, lies a quite fragile interior with a low self esteem that is vulnerable and easily crush by the slightest criticism. Taking into consideration both past and present gathered information (including the DSM-V diagnostic criteria and cluster personality identification) on symptoms, characteristics, diagnostic and treatments, further research will continue to be done in better identifying this

Addictions come in many forms such as drugs, alcohol, food etc.…there remains a dependency of such things. Additionally, the relationship that are compatible with narcissism that addiction have is a dependency of. As a result, of the nature of narcissism and being the victim of this relationship possess fearful indications of growth with more behaviors have been noticed since the 1980s, as noted by Aronson et al (2016). Another intriguing thought that comes to mind is how ones’ health is affected with the behaviorism of narcissists’. There is no doubt that it would be considered an unhealthy condition for narcissists’ reasons being because “they have no empathy toward others’, completely self-centered, less successful in business, more violent and aggressive, when others recollect their attitudes they are not liked by many people” (Aronson et al.,

“I want my kid to grow to be a selfish narcissist and not appreciate the challenges life presents to them,” said no parent ever. The novel Les Miserables written by Victor Hugo displays many honorable attributes through certain characters, but Marius, a youthful rebel, is not a character to look up to. As Cosette emerges into the life of Marius, he playfully acts as a victim of love. The love not only blinds Marius from who and what is truly important, but also blinds the reader as the love averts their attention from his true characteristics. Often forgotten, Marius’s personal life was in shambles before Cosette showed up, and his actions resulted in a dissatisfactory lifestyle. Unraveling his personality through the novel, Marius shows

Some patients with this mental condition may instead indulge in the abuse of drugs. As a narcissist, he feels that nothing dangerous or threatening will happen to him. To him, it is no big deal taking large amounts of drugs at one time. He feels that he is like a god and superior. As a result, the individual starts on his journey of addiction to drugs, without him knowing that he has become addicted. Even when he realizes that he is consuming huge amounts of chemical substances, he will not admit he is addicted to

Individuals with narcissistic personality disorder display an exaggerated sense of self-importance, a preoccupation with being admired, and a lack of empathy for the feelings of others (Pincus & Lukowitsky,2010; Ronningstam,2005,2009). Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a personality

There are a couple of theories on this thought; the social-learning theory and psychoanalytic theory. “The social-learning theory posits that people are more likely to become narcissistic when their parents lavish them with praise and teach them, implicitly or explicitly, that they are better than others.” (Singal, 2015) “Psychoanalytic theory goes the opposite direction: it argues that when parents don’t provide enough warmth, kids develop heightened narcissism as a defense mechanism of sorts.” (Singal, 2015) Unfortunately, on study doesn’t prove anything, and is almost always research related, but there still is the question are narcissistic people born or made? Treatment for narcissistic personality disorder is centered on psychotherapy or talk therapy. Psychotherapy helps people learn to relate better with others so your relationships are more intimate, understanding the causes of the persons emotions and what drives them to compete and despise yourself and others; because personality traits can be difficult to change, therapy may take several years. Areas of change are directed at helping you accept responsibility and learning. As for medications there are no medications specifically used to treat narcissistic personality disorder, but if the symptoms of depression, anxiety or other conditions may occur than medications such as

It is a well-known fact that narcissists are great story tellers, and more often than not they are the center of their tale. According to Sigmund Freud, we are all born with a natural healthy form of narcissism, the notion of self-love and self-care, and a balance between them and the notion of object-love. However, when that balance is broken, it can greatly affect the individual and those around him. In

The first two words that come to mind when thinking of narcissistic behavior are Facebook and selfies. I find that with social mediums like Facebook, many young adults, and adolescence are spending a lot of their waking life updating their status with selfies they've taken in order to present a certain image or selling a certain view of themselves. I think that exploring these applications can be very interesting from psychological/sociological view point. In fact, I'd find such applications very useful for conducting studies and experiments to better understand how socializing has shifted in recent years. It is very common to see people taking pictures of themselves during various stages of the day and posting their picks online via various mediums to gather approval from peers, validation, etc. It would be interesting to conduct a correlational study between levels of narcissistic behavior measured and hours spend on social mediums online to see if there is a correlation. My hypothesis would be that the more one partakes in selfies and time put into social applications like Facebook, the higher the tendencies for narcissistic behavior, particularly those who check their statuses at an alarmingly high rate.

My approach made it very difficult, there was not much to say with a futuristic approach, and the causes of narcissism were not actually proved, there is no actual cause to narcissism proved by science. During

The etiology of what is known today as Narcissistic Personality Disorder can be traced back to a time in which humans struggled to identify and define themselves in the world. The well-known story of narcissus, for whom the term Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder is named after, first emerged around 8 A.D. The story goes into depth of how Narcissus, a Thespian, the son of the nymph Leiriope, developed a tenacious pride in his own beauty. A roman poet named Ovid tells the story of how Narcissus became fascinated and entranced by his own beautiful appearance in a clear spring for hours at a time in his narrative Metamorphoses. In Robert Grave’s version of the story, The Greek Myths, he summarizes how Narcissus was pursued by “heartlessly rejected lovers of both sexes” and turned all of them down because he favored himself more (1955). Graves elaborated on how Narcissus rejected Echo, whom was a suitor. As professed to his mother by a famous seer, “Narcissus will live to a ripe old age provided that he never knows himself” (Graves, 1955). This well-known Greek myth has become the perfect display of Narcissistic Personality Disorder