Although there are many categories for narcissism (classic/passive, inverted/extroverted) there are also two main types, that of the somatic, and the cerebral.
The somatic narcissist views his body as his strong part, and focuses on it, whereas the cerebral does the analogous with his intellect.
Whereas it isnt needed for a narcissist to actually have subjectively very strong qualities in the part of himself that he focuses on (for example a person can have an average intellect, but be of the view that he is a genious, or clearly superior than a vast number of people) such a person will be of the view that he indeed has such a superiority, and most importantly he will be very involved in understanding his position by focusing on the idea of being superior.
A stereotypical example of a cerebral narcissist is for example a highschool teacher, who although is not important in regards to his science, will be of the view that he is important enough due to his title so that he can negate in his mind any behaviour of his environment that he views as hostile/belittling.
Most- if not all- people have had at some time bee in a classroom with such a teacher or professor (sadly
).
Although every narcissistic person is unique, there are vast differences between seperate groups. So a cerebral narcissist can very easily be very critical of somatic narcissists, but at the same time fail entirely to notice that his own behaviour shares some common characteristics with theirs.
Ofcourse every person has a degree of narcissism, which is needed to drive him; clinical narcissism is more pronounced. A scientist can be very enthousiastic about his work/theories, and that is perfectly fine ofcourse, however it is when someone views his intellect as a refuge against a world that seems very hostile that clinical narcissism of the cerebral type occurs. A cerebral narcissist is typically dismissive of all people he doesnt like, and can also be of the view that in reality his negative comments against them are not even understood by them (due to their smaller ability for thought) but often this isnt the case at all but is just an exageration caused by the great need of the cerebral narcissist to prove to himself that he is superior, and so it can in turn trully make others hostile against him when before that they werent meaning to be, irregardless of the cerebral narcissist's speculation that they were.
This is ofcourse very general, but you can read more on cerebral narcissism here: (or search the web for other pages) http://mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php/type/doc/id/419
It also has to be noted that in adolescence all general types of narcissism appear in some form, and that is normal. Clinical narcissism (or 'narcissistic personality disorder') is chronic.
The somatic narcissist views his body as his strong part, and focuses on it, whereas the cerebral does the analogous with his intellect.
Whereas it isnt needed for a narcissist to actually have subjectively very strong qualities in the part of himself that he focuses on (for example a person can have an average intellect, but be of the view that he is a genious, or clearly superior than a vast number of people) such a person will be of the view that he indeed has such a superiority, and most importantly he will be very involved in understanding his position by focusing on the idea of being superior.
A stereotypical example of a cerebral narcissist is for example a highschool teacher, who although is not important in regards to his science, will be of the view that he is important enough due to his title so that he can negate in his mind any behaviour of his environment that he views as hostile/belittling.
Most- if not all- people have had at some time bee in a classroom with such a teacher or professor (sadly
).Although every narcissistic person is unique, there are vast differences between seperate groups. So a cerebral narcissist can very easily be very critical of somatic narcissists, but at the same time fail entirely to notice that his own behaviour shares some common characteristics with theirs.
Ofcourse every person has a degree of narcissism, which is needed to drive him; clinical narcissism is more pronounced. A scientist can be very enthousiastic about his work/theories, and that is perfectly fine ofcourse, however it is when someone views his intellect as a refuge against a world that seems very hostile that clinical narcissism of the cerebral type occurs. A cerebral narcissist is typically dismissive of all people he doesnt like, and can also be of the view that in reality his negative comments against them are not even understood by them (due to their smaller ability for thought) but often this isnt the case at all but is just an exageration caused by the great need of the cerebral narcissist to prove to himself that he is superior, and so it can in turn trully make others hostile against him when before that they werent meaning to be, irregardless of the cerebral narcissist's speculation that they were.
This is ofcourse very general, but you can read more on cerebral narcissism here: (or search the web for other pages) http://mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php/type/doc/id/419
It also has to be noted that in adolescence all general types of narcissism appear in some form, and that is normal. Clinical narcissism (or 'narcissistic personality disorder') is chronic.
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