Wednesday, May 26, 2010

heckling his heckler

Common to malignant narcissism is narcissistic rage. Narcissistic rage is a reaction to narcissistic injury (when the narcissist feels degraded by another person, typically in the form of criticism). When the narcissist's grandiose sense of self-worth is perceivably being attacked by another person, the narcissist's natural reaction is to rage and pull-down the self-worth of others (to make the narcissist feel superior to others).

How quick our President is to belittle those who dare disagree. You'd think he'd be much more to polite to one of his employers.

7 comments:

Mike W. said...

What's worse is that a narcissist like Obama will never recognize his own narcissistic rage, even when it's pointed out to him.

If you point it out to him as forcefully & bluntly as possible he'll try to turn it around on you and then tear you down.

In my (unfortunately extensive) experience the best way to deal with these people is to try and learn what triggers the rage and then avoid activating those triggers. This can be difficult, since their thought patterns and rage are wildly irrational.

You can't be passive and submissive in the face of their rage either, as that just makes it worse. In fact I'd go so far as to say that narcissists thrive on people responding submissively.

Definitely not the kind of person you want leading your country, although I suspect those with narcissistic personalities would make good dictators (right Woody Allen?)

*sorry for the long comment Breda*.

Weer'd Beard said...

You see that he'd much rather get back to Hyde Park for the long weekend than to be bother to pay respect to veterans who gave their lives to this country, some on his watch. I hear Bill Ayers is having a BBQ!
http://www.weerdworld.com/2010/what-a-narcissistic-asshole/

Of course he'll be back in the white-house with bells-on to give an award and hear a concern from a has-been rock-star.

*spit*

CalvinsMom said...

In my (unfortunately extensive) experience the best way to deal with these people is to try and learn what triggers the rage and then avoid activating those triggers.

Crap all over that. I want to see him pushed to the point of having a spittle-flecked, full-fledged meltdown on National Television. I want him so agitated that have to put him in a straightjacket and trank him.

Only then will people see him for what he really is.

Old NFO said...

A narcissist can never let someone 'else' be better or put one over on them... and PU is extremely thin-skinned on top of that... I DO believe he will have a meltdown sooner or later.

Mike W. said...

I'm anxiously waiting for that NFO.

If the media treated him like they did Sarah palin we'd have already seen him meltdown IMO.

dr mac said...

Sweet Zombie Jesus, next you'll be spouting Kohut and Kernberg at me. Nice post.

Ken said...

Same here. I advocate hecklers every place and time he opens his pie hole out of doors.