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> He acts like a-hole, but then expects unquestioning adoration. Very typical narcissistic personality disorder symptoms. Narcissists are made not born, by oth

> He acts like a-hole, but then expects unquestioning adoration. Very typical narcissistic personality disorder symptoms. Narcissists are made not born, by other narcissists, thru treatment that is dehumanizing and inhumane from a very young age. We should give him our compassion and empathy, but not allow him any power. Power in the hands of a narcissist is dangerous, as the orange man showed us.

9935c101ab17a66 4y ago
The mayo clinic states: > Causes It's not known what causes narcissistic personality disorder. The cause is likely complex. Narcissistic personality disorder may be linked to: > Environment — parent-child relationships with either too much adoration or too much criticism that don't match the child's actual experiences and achievements. > Genetics — inherited characteristics, such as certain personality traits. > Neurobiology — the connection between the brain and behavior and thinking. There could be a relationship between neglectful parenting and narcissistic personality disorder, but I definitely agree with the other person who replied to you — at the very least, it’s disingenuous and misleading to present the cause concretely and unambiguously as “bad parenting”. We really know so little about most mental health conditions.
Eddy_Viscosity2 4y ago
> but not allow him any power Agree, but I mean, how do you do that?
- whodunnit 4y ago
  Walk away. Let Twitter fail. If you stick with someone who abuses power you reward the behavior.
  - snotrockets 4y ago
    Too many people in power wouldn’t like to see him fail, as it would reflect badly on their own opinions. Walking away isn’t enough.
Method-X 4y ago
Not going to take a position on the latest Twitter drama; just want to point something out: >Narcissists are made not born I have a background in abnormal psychology and this is false. Narcissists are either born or the behavioural disorder forms in very early childhood. I'm on mobile right now but will find a source and come back to edit this reply. Again, not taking sides or even care much about the Twitter thing. Just wanted to point that misconception out.
- whodunnit 4y ago
  “Narcissistic features can come from childhood environments characterized by excessive deviations from ideal rearing, where either neglect/abuse (not enough caring attention) or over-pampering (too much caring attention) is present (Stone, 1993).” https://estd.org/narcissism-consequence-trauma-and-early-experiences https://estd.org/narcissism-consequence-trauma-and-early-exp... “Narcissism tends to emerge as a psychological defence in response to excessive levels of parental criticism, abuse or neglect in early life. Narcissistic personalities tend to be formed by emotional injury as a result of overwhelming shame, loss or deprivation during childhood.“ https://www.farahtherapycentre.co.uk/blog/narcissism-and-the-trauma-of-narcissistic-abuse https://www.farahtherapycentre.co.uk/blog/narcissism-and-the...
  - amazon_illegal 4y ago

9935c101ab17a66 4y ago

The mayo clinic states: > Causes It's not known what causes narcissistic personality disorder. The cause is likely complex. Narcissistic personality disorder may be linked to: > Environment — parent-child relationships with either too much adoration or too much criticism that don't match the child's actual experiences and achievements. > Genetics — inherited characteristics, such as certain personality traits. > Neurobiology — the connection between the brain and behavior and thinking. There could be a relationship between neglectful parenting and narcissistic personality disorder, but I definitely agree with the other person who replied to you — at the very least, it’s disingenuous and misleading to present the cause concretely and unambiguously as “bad parenting”. We really know so little about most mental health conditions.

Eddy_Viscosity2 4y ago

> but not allow him any power Agree, but I mean, how do you do that?

whodunnit 4y ago
Walk away. Let Twitter fail. If you stick with someone who abuses power you reward the behavior.
- snotrockets 4y ago
  Too many people in power wouldn’t like to see him fail, as it would reflect badly on their own opinions. Walking away isn’t enough.

Method-X 4y ago

Not going to take a position on the latest Twitter drama; just want to point something out: >Narcissists are made not born I have a background in abnormal psychology and this is false. Narcissists are either born or the behavioural disorder forms in very early childhood. I'm on mobile right now but will find a source and come back to edit this reply. Again, not taking sides or even care much about the Twitter thing. Just wanted to point that misconception out.

whodunnit 4y ago
“Narcissistic features can come from childhood environments characterized by excessive deviations from ideal rearing, where either neglect/abuse (not enough caring attention) or over-pampering (too much caring attention) is present (Stone, 1993).” https://estd.org/narcissism-consequence-trauma-and-early-experiences https://estd.org/narcissism-consequence-trauma-and-early-exp... “Narcissism tends to emerge as a psychological defence in response to excessive levels of parental criticism, abuse or neglect in early life. Narcissistic personalities tend to be formed by emotional injury as a result of overwhelming shame, loss or deprivation during childhood.“ https://www.farahtherapycentre.co.uk/blog/narcissism-and-the-trauma-of-narcissistic-abuse https://www.farahtherapycentre.co.uk/blog/narcissism-and-the...
- amazon_illegal 4y ago