Season 6 ~ Episode #45 - - - Are You A Narcissist? - TEST

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K-ModPermalink Reply by Gumbo123 on September 12, 2014 at 11:03am

Difference Between Narcissist and Sociopath

Narcissist and sociopath are two words used in describing people with extreme personalities. Both these words relate to separate sets of characteristics or traits allowing us to identify a Narcissist or a sociopath in a person. Both these types of people usually have negative effects on the society. Some characteristics of the two overlap and hence it is important to identify how these could be separated from each other, which is, in fact, the key focus of this article.

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K-ModPermalink Reply by Gumbo123 on September 12, 2014 at 11:22am

The word narcissism is only used to describe the problem - - - there is no such thing as a healthy amount of narcissism. Being self-confident will can help you with relationships, whereas being narcissistic will never help a relationship.

Narcissism ---the pursuit of gratification from vanity, or egotistic admiration of one's own attributes, that derive from arrogant pride.

The term originated from the Greek mythology, where the young Narcissus fell in love with his own image reflected in a pool of water.

Narcissus [circa 1590] by Caravaggio - - - Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica , Rome

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism

K-ModPermalink Reply by Gumbo123 on September 12, 2014 at 11:28am

Hotchkiss' Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissism

Shamelessness: Shame is the feeling that lurks beneath all unhealthy narcissism, and the inability to process shame in healthy ways.
Magical thinking: Narcissists see themselves as perfect, using distortion and illusion known as magical thinking. They also use projection to dump shame onto others.
Arrogance: A narcissist who is feeling deflated may reinflate by diminishing, debasing, or degrading somebody else.
Envy: A narcissist may secure a sense of superiority in the face of another person's ability by using contempt to minimize the other person.
Entitlement: Narcissists hold unreasonable expectations of particularly favorable treatment and automatic compliance because they consider themselves special. Failure to comply is considered an attack on their superiority, and the perpetrator is considered an "awkward" or "difficult" person. Defiance of their will is a narcissistic injury that can trigger narcissistic rage.
Exploitation: Can take many forms but always involves the exploitation of others without regard for their feelings or interests. Often the other is in a subservient position where resistance would be difficult or even impossible. Sometimes the subservience is not so much real as assumed.
Bad boundaries: Narcissists do not recognize that they have boundaries and that others are separate and are not extensions of themselves. Others either exist to meet their needs or may as well not exist at all. Those who provide narcissistic supply to the narcissist are treated as if they are part of the narcissist and are expected to live up to those expectations. In the mind of a narcissist there is no boundary between self and other.

Sandy Hotchkiss & James F. Masterson ~

Why Is It Always About You?: The Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissism (2003)

Permalink Reply by R.Data Soong on September 12, 2014 at 4:29pm

Great episode. Personally I would have bet on Rhett, I thought that he would get the highest score, I don't know why, but he seems to have a high regard of himself.

I got 8 in the test.

The Sherlock's quote made me remember the "Psycopath Smell Test", Link lost that match too lol

K-ModPermalink Reply by Kevin (UniSeal) on September 12, 2014 at 6:56pm

I tried to answer completely honestly on the test and got the above results. The test seemed a bit weird, though. Many of the questions were phrased in an extremely pompous manner, so it seemed to me like you'd either get super low or super high. I guess R&L and crew got moderate results, though, so perhaps my impression of how the average person would answer is wrong.

I also, still thinking about the test and not paying much attention, was snapped back to reality as I returned to the video at the exact time Rhett was giving his first "welcome back", so that was a surreal surprise. It caught me quite off-guard for some reason, and was rather funny.

K-ModPermalink Reply by Victoria (Centauromadoose) on September 20, 2014 at 7:39pm

Some corrections and additions to Rhett's telling of the tale of Narcissus (Narkissos in the original Greek):

Nemesis was not Narcissus' enemy -- Nemesis is the Greek goddess of retribution, generally against unjust or undeserved deeds. She is also known as Rhamnousia.

The story goes that a youth named Ameinias fell in love with Narcissus but was spurned by him. Narcissus provided Ameinias with a sword with which Ameinias then killed himself, calling out to Nemesis to avenge him as he died. According to Ovid, Ameinias cried, "So may he love -- and never win his love!" Nemesis heeded his call and led Narcissus to the pool of water, where he then fell in love with his reflected image (supposedly not realizing it was just a reflection of himself).

Various ancient sources further claim that Narcissus either: committed suicide by the water, knowing that he would never obtain the love of the image in the pool OR feeling guilt for causing the death of Ameinias; fell into the pool and drowned; or eventually perished presumably from starvation. In the cases where he dies by the water's edge, it is also said that the first narcissus flower sprang up in the spot where he died.

K-ModPermalink Reply by Victoria (Centauromadoose) on September 20, 2014 at 8:49pm

Also, someone spelled narcissism sooooo wrong in the GMMore title! "Narsiccism"... -_-