The Destructive Nature of Narcissism
 
by Cowboy Bob Sorensen   This is an article that I was going to write for a long time. Originally, I thought I could make it work over at Piltdown Superman  and use the material in a discussion about atheists and anti-creationists, but it was not a good fit over there. This was inspired by an article that had been in my e-book reader for a long time and is linked later on.     Cropped from Echo and Narcissus  by John William Waterhouse, 1903   Is it just my imagination, or are people becoming more and more self-absorbed nowadays? We hear about people who are overly fond of themselves and are often referred to as narcissistic.  The word came from an ancient Greek myth  where Narcissus was excessively handsome and fond of himself, then fell in love with his own reflection.   Narcissism is a personality disorder  that takes many forms. The word is bandied about far too casually, describing people from world leaders to anyone else that may be disliked. As with any disorder (or even a physi...
 
 
 
 
 
