Narcissist: A Complete Effective Guide To Understanding And Dealing With A Range Of Narcissistic Personalities

By Alex C. Wolf

The Most Comprehensive and Detailed Guide to Understanding And Dealing With Narcissists You'll Ever Read.

Whether it's family members with an overblown ego or a friend who's extremely self-absorbed or a colleague at work that's driving you insane with his sense of entitlement, we've all encountered a narcissist at some point in our lives, and the experience is never a pleasant one.

Narcissism is a personality disorder that is often difficult to deal with. Once associated with famous people and corporate mavericks, it has become more widespread with the proliferation of social media and other modern conveniences.

In this insightful guide, Alex C. Wolf pulls back the curtain and gives you the inside look on how the brain of a narcissist works, why they think the way they do and gives you techniques and strategies to deal with narcissists without losing your sanity.

Here's a sample of some of the tools you'll discover in this book:

• Understanding the thought processes of narcissistic individuals
• Personality disorders related to narcissism
• Foolproof methods to identify a narcissist
• Recognizing personality disorder traits and how to protect yourself against them
• How to live with a roommate or family member who's a narcissist
• Identifying and dealing with narcissistic abuse
• ...and much more!

Deeply profound and highly applicable, Narcissism is an incredibly thorough guide that is founded in established psychology and real-world observation that will help you put an end to the vicious cycle of narcissistic abuse and take back control of your boundaries.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Alex C. Wolf
• Release date: Jan 18, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393483878

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NARCISSIST:

A Complete Effective Guide To Understanding And Dealing With A Range Of Narcissistic Personalities.

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Alex C. Wolf

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APPRECIATION

I want to use this medium to appreciate every one of you that found time to read this book to completion; this is me saying, Thank You.

And I am pretty sure you had a swell time reading this book.

BOOK DESCRIPTION

There are quite a number of books available on the discourse, narcissism; but not many are richly packed with the right essentials to help even a lay person have a full grasp of what narcissism fully entails.

This book – A Complete Effective Guide to Understanding and Dealing with a Range of Narcissistic Personalities – covers even the tiniest details from defining narcissism, giving you an insight on the origin of the word; to revealing more insights on narcissistic abuse.

It mainly discusses narcissism on two facets: the narcissist and the victims on the receiving end of narcissistic behavior.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1

A PEEK INTO UNDERSTANDING NARCISSISM: BACKGROUND AND DEFINITION

ORIGIN

The Greek Version Of The Myth

The Roman Version Of The Myth

CHAPTER 2

THEORIES ON NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER

Freud’s Approach

Kernberg's Approach

Kohut's Approach

Cooper's Approach

Akhttar and Thomsan's Approach

Gunderson’s Approach

Stone's Approach

Leary's Approach

Benjamin’s Approach

Beck and Freeman’s Approach

CHAPTER 3

UNDERSTANDING BASIC PERSONALITY AND NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY

Other Personality Disorders Related To Narcissism

THE NARCISSIST AS A SUBJECT

How To Identity A Narcissist

Pros Of Being Narcissistic

Cons Of Being Narcissistic

How The Narcissistic Person Thinks

CHAPTER 4

HANDLING THE NARCISSIST’S FEELINGS

Recognizing Narcissistic Personality Disorder Traits

Signs to Know You are With a Narcissist

How To Cohabit With A Narcissist

Narcissistic Abuse

How To Identify Narcissistic Abuse

How To Deal With Narcissistic Abuse

CHAPTER 5

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT/ RELATED TO NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER

CHAPTER 6

NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER ASSESSMENT EXERCISE

Inference

CHAPTER 7

SOLUTIONS FOR SELF-IMPROVEMENT

Techniques and Methods for Therapy On Narcissism

Remedies and Treatment For Narcissistic Behavior

Facing The Fears And Overcoming Narcissistic Triggers

CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 1

A PEEK INTO UNDERSTANDING NARCISSISM: BACKGROUND AND DEFINITION

Narcissism, as you may already know, is defined as the admiration and love for one's self. This is something almost  everyone is guilty of – which is totally normal. It becomes an extreme case or narcissistic personality disorder when the individual has formed an unhealthy and exaggerated sense of self-worth; which goes a long way in marring his/her relationship with others and leading to self-destruction.

Before we go neck deep into demystifying the narcissist, let’s take a moment to have an understanding of the origin of the word, narcissism.

ORIGIN

In trying to have a firm grasp of what narcissism entails, I think it is imperative to know how the word, narcissism, came about in the first place. Like some other words in English, it’s origin traces back to Greek mythology. This myth is mainly based on the character, Narcissus, the son of the River God, Cephissus and the nymph Lyriope.

One distinctive thing about Narcissus that all literature regarding him seem to agree on (considering the disparities in some of the stories) is that he was an epitome of beauty and profoundly loved by the God Apollo.

But this myth appears in two unique versions: The Greek and The Greco-Roman version.

The Greek Version Of The Myth

As recorded by Aminias, Narcissus shone in his beauty and glory, which made him desirable amongst men. Many male suitors came knocking to betroth Narcissus, but because he was of high taste, he turned all of them down. Amongst those men is Aminias, who primarily made it a point of duty to make Narcissus fall for him. But to his dismay, his consistent proposals were met with rejections from Narcissus. The constant rejections led Aminias to depression, and when he couldn’t take it anymore, he killed himself at Narcissus' doorstep, while praying to the gods to punish Narcissus for all the pain he had cost him.

One day, Narcissus was taking a stroll by a lake and decided to drink some water; which led him to see