The Object of My Affection Is in My Reflection: Coping with Narcissists by Rokelle Lerner

Author:Rokelle Lerner
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Bethani, pay_royalty_done
ISBN: 9780757307683
Publisher: Health Communications Inc
Published: 2010-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

PART

3

The Narcissistic Client

CHAPTER

11

Narcissus in Wonderland:

The Narcissistic Addict

Lewis Carroll’s fable for children, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, tells about a young woman who swallows a magic pill and drops down a rabbit hole into a strange and wondrous land. If we link that tale to the myth of Narcissus, who is captivated by his own self-image, we have a description of the narcissistic addict: a man or woman who is both narcissistically disordered and lost in a version of wonderland. For some men and women, addiction is characterized by an insatiable desire to recover an infantile state of gratification, which certainly can’t be filled in reality—only in “wonderland.” (Ulman & Paul, 2006; Joslin, 2008)

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