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The term “narcissism” has been continuously abused. Narcissism is not a self-conscious preoccupation with oneself. It is precisely the converse, a non-self-conscious preoccupation with oneself. Narcissism is innocent. Just so, Narcissus falls in love with his own image...
...without awareness that it is his own image. He believes he has encountered some other being. And precisely so the narcissist represents a “beneficent” lack of empathy, as contrasted with the sociopath’s maleficent lack of empathy. He loves the world because he paints...
...it in his own image, because everywhere he goes he encounters only himself, because he is incapable of encountering anything else. His narcissism is never evident to himself, he is not capable of becoming aware of his condition, but it is generally obvious to everyone else...
...A lot of the “nice”, functional type of celebrity suffer from this condition (whereas the dysfunctional ones are often sociopaths, i.e. the maleficent lack of empathy). Most of us have met this type of narcissist. Often they are infectiously optimistic, but one is...
...left wondering “is this person really aware that I exist?”. One gets the uncanny impression when they gaze at you that they do not really see you. If they are kind to you it is because they are reveling in an extension of their own self.
