"Narcissism" is like these...
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Facebook replaces the mirror and entangles narcissism with social interaction making one inseparable from another. A constant rhythm of activity (news feed for example), encourages this obsessive drive and turns it into addiction.
For Freud, narcissism is basically the investment of libidinal energy in the ego.
Secondary narcissism is regression to primary narcissism and is practiced because it provides gratification. Fantasy generally is nicer than reality.
People make anaclitic object choices in the hope that others will fulfil narcissistic... [Read All]
For Lacan, narcissism starts in the mirror phase, where the misrecognized 'perfect' image is loved. Narcissism becomes problematic when this stage is not fully navigated and the image is not realized as such and seeking after this impossible perfection becomes an obsessive and unending goal.
For Lacan, narcissism starts in the mirror phase, where the misrecognized 'perfect' image is loved. Narcissism becomes problematic when this stage is not fully navigated and the image is not realized as such and seeking after this impossible perfection becomes an obsessive and unending goal.





