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by Method-X 1280 days ago
Not going to take a position on the latest Twitter drama; just want to point something out:

>Narcissists are made not born

I have a background in abnormal psychology and this is false. Narcissists are either born or the behavioural disorder forms in very early childhood. I'm on mobile right now but will find a source and come back to edit this reply.

Again, not taking sides or even care much about the Twitter thing. Just wanted to point that misconception out.

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“Narcissistic features can come from childhood environ­ments characterized by excessive deviations from ideal rearing, where either neglect/abuse (not enough caring attention) or over-pampering (too much caring attention) is present (Stone, 1993).”

https://estd.org/narcissism-consequence-trauma-and-early-exp...

“Narcissism tends to emerge as a psychological defence in response to excessive levels of parental criticism, abuse or neglect in early life. Narcissistic personalities tend to be formed by emotional injury as a result of overwhelming shame, loss or deprivation during childhood.“

https://www.farahtherapycentre.co.uk/blog/narcissism-and-the...