We all know people with Narcissistic tendencies. The ‘all about me’ person who can only talk about himself, his self-importance, his uniqueness, his me, me, me! Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a true mental diagnosis for people who need admiration, lack empathy and have a grandiose sense of their self-importance. It is called a pervasive pattern ...
The term narcissism is derived from the Greek myth of Narcissus, a handsome youth who became obsessed with himself, falling in love with his own reflection. Some degree of narcissism is considered normal; however, when narcissistic traits are so predominant that they significantly impair an individual’s social functioning, this merits a psychological diagnosis of Narcissistic ...
After 7 years of enduring a dysfunctional marriage, my wife and I ended up in counseling. This was the beginning of a long process of dealing with a mental illness called Bipolar Disorder. It was a comfort to be able to put a label on such a sinister monster that seemed to dominate our lives ...
Identity, as defined in Milton’s Paradise Lost, is defined by its oppositional relationship to God. According to monism, a belief system that Milton reflects throughout this work, all existing things ascribe to a single source or concept. In this case, there is no such thing as identity that is separate from God’s. If man is ...
Interview granted to Harmony (India) The first thing that occurs to me when thinking of aging is a gradual change in one’s physical structure that is apparent to others, and to oneself of course. Now what precisely do we mean by aging, or getting old or older, in terms of the mind or psyche? “Old” ...
