narcissism

dad joke

Kanye West

commiting suicide

universe

psychopathology

trivia

humility

one-liner

my wife left me

selfishness

team

teamwork

egoism

pride

self-love

social media

egoist

accusation

confession

defense mechanism

is an orientation of experiencing only that which exist within oneself as real, while the phenomena in the outside world have no reality in themselves, but are experienced only from the viewpoint of their being useful or dangerous to one.

The main condition for the achievement of love is the overcoming of one's narcissism. The narcissistic orientation is one in which one experiences as real only that which exist within oneself, while the phenomena in the outside world have no reality in themselves, but are experienced only from the viewpoint of their being useful or dangerous to one. The opposite pole to narcissism is objectivity... it is the faculty to see other people and things as they are, objectively, and to be able to separate this objective picture from a picture which is formed by one's desires and fears. Erich Fromm

 pulls in those around it by a seductive allure that promises to envelop you in its specialness.

*Illness may precipitate a spiritual crisis. Since illness is man's reaction to disease, it is a time when men are brought face to face with the ultimate concerns of life.

 enjoys being looked at and not looking back.

*Music is the only religion that delivers the goods on earth.

is antithetical to love. To love is to pawn a part of one's narcissism.

*Being a blues singer is like being black two times.

is the earliest stage of human development, and the person who in later life has returned to this stage is incapable of love.

*The cello is like a beautiful woman who has not grown older, but younger with time, more slender, more supple, more graceful.

is antitehtical to love. The overcoming of one's narcissism is the main condition for the achievement of love.

*Bagpipes are the missing link between music and noise.

is its own moral universe, a world where it seems perfectly find to do whatever we need to, to get whatever we want.

is a persona which, behind a mask of arrogance, is a fragile internal balloon of self-esteem that is never satisfied with being good or even very good'if they are not better than, they are worthless.

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