Do you classify Obama and Hillary as narcissists?
Did you read the content found at the link in the edit I posted to my OP? If you did, you know what I think about their being or not being narcissists.
Please answer a simple direct question. I repeat; do you classify Obama and Hillary as narcissists?
I believe both of them, along with several GOP candidates, are healthy narcissists, because as Dr. Malkin points out, they "inspire without undermining; they lead with conviction not cruelty; they bring out the best, not the worst in people around them."
As I wrote in the edit to my OP, I recognize that a great many Presidential hopefuls and other leaders are narcissists; thus it's important to understand the distinction between an healthy one and an unhealthy one.
The recognition that I'd not originally articulated that distinction, engendered by the initial comments posted after my OP, made it clear to me that a meaningful share of the audience here may not be aware that there are types of narcissism. That is why I feel obliged to include the edit to my OP.
That's a load of nonsense. Narcissism by definition turns off people. It alienates. You can claim degrees of narcissism. But there's no such thing as healthy narcissism. You made a fake argument against Trump basically. You're not mad that he's a narcissist. You're mad that he isn't your narcissist.
I didn't coin the idea of healthy narcissism. I merely applied it to Mr. Trump and have attempted to bring it to the attention of others.
I'm in no position to credibly refute a medical doctor's explanation of healthy narcissism, unhealthy narcissism, or whether there is such a thing as a range of narcissism. Are you?
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The best I could do, and what I did, was look for scholarly research/writings that support the premise that there is such a thing.
That's the due diligence I performed before creating this thread. I'll happily read material you present that refutes the legitimacy of a scale of narcissism; however, not knowing a damn thing about you and your published works pertaining to the disorder or others, and having none of my own, I won't just accept your assertion that the idea or verity of existence of different types of narcissism is "a load of nonsense."
Doesn't matter who "coined" the term healthy narcissism. It's oxymoronic.
Don't talk about "due dilligence" that you performed for the OP when you're throwing this stuff out there as an after thought. For f's sake on that one, guy.
And I didn't say there aren't different types of narcissism (degrees as I put it). I said that there's no such thing as healthy narcissism; not truly. Narcissism by definition is not in anyone's best interest.