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Episode 28: Malignant Narcissism: A Reservoir of Hatred and Violence

Lives of the Unconscious. A Podcast on Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

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Malignant Narcissism - The Importance of Self Destruction

Narcissism is in no way linked with self love. Everything is submitted to the tyrannical principle of total domination, including one's own psyche and body. Suicidal crises arise when failure can only be sufficiently blamed on others. According to the sable, better to take a bullet in the head than to cower as an under dog. In the psycho therapeutic treatment of malignant narcissism, this readiness for self destruction is used as a means to gain power.

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