The desire for attention, respect and admiration from others is normal, a kind of everyday narcissism, as long as it doesn’t interfere with our ability to notice, respect and admire others and to have meaningful relationships with them.
Category: Shame/Narcissism
When Is It Appropriate to Feel Shame?
A discussion of the ubiquitous experience of shame in *civilized* cultures and why it is sometimes appropriate to feel shamed.
Coping with that Savage Inner Voice
Some thoughts about how to silence the savage inner critic so that you can learn something from your experience, rather than simply beating yourself up.
Charlie Sheen’s Rant and the Power of Destructive Narcissism
Charlie Sheen’s rant on The Alex Jones Show and how it demonstrates the characteristic defenses against shame, including features of pathological narcissism.
The Fallacies of Psychological Diagnosis
The false analogy between diagnosing physical and mental illness provides a rationale for reimbursement from insurance companies to psychotherapists, helps alleviate shame in patients and enables the pharmaceutical companies to make billions of dollars.