Self-awareness and introspection in Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)

Sam Vaknin*

With severe emotional deficits, the narcissist may be self-aware and knowledgeable about Narcissistic Personality Disorder, but these do not lead to healing, merely to behaviour modification.

Narcissists balance a sadistic superego and a demanding and fantastic False Self. Narcissists describe themselves as machines or automata.

 When they do gain self-awareness and engage in soul-searching it is in order to enhance their skills at attracting and maintaining their sources of narcissistic supply.

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Published on: Mar 27, 2021 Pages: 19-22

Full Text PDF Full Text HTML DOI: 10.17352/apt.000026
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