2024 Author: Harry Day | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 15:43
The whole set of narcissistic pathology, if summed up, boils down to the following characteristic features.
The narcissist cannot stand criticism and reacts to it with rage, shame, or humiliation.
Narcissists are prone to exploiting other people.
The narcissist has a tremendous sense of self-importance.
The narcissistic personality lacks the ability to recognize and experience other people's feelings.
Narcissists are extremely envious.
Narcissists are characterized by defiant, arrogant, shameless behavior.
The narcissist has weak boundaries.
The narcissist has poor contact with reality.
There are inherent problems with the narcissistic group member. Each participant in the group process is expected to share their time with the rest of the group, strive to understand them, show empathy, help them build effective relationships, take into account the feelings and needs of others, as well as a willingness to receive constructive, but not always "pleasant" feedback. A narcissistically organized group member is often lively, joyful, and charming when in the spotlight, but when the group leaders and others are drawn to another member of the group, the narcissistically organized member may react with envy, rage, or boredom. Such members vigilantly guard their exclusivity and irritably refute the opinions of other members that they are in some way similar to any of the other members of the group. They may react negatively to basic therapeutic factors such as cohesion and inclusiveness. Belonging to a group, being similar to others can be perceived as an attempt to deprive them of their individuality and humiliate them.
Narcissistic participants, convinced of their uniqueness, believe that they not only deserve the maximum attention of the group, but that this attention should be focused on them without any effort on their part. They expect the members of the group to be concerned about them, to make every effort to get through to them, and all this despite the fact that they themselves do not show any concern for anyone and do not try to reach out to anyone. They expect surprises, compliments, applause, gifts, care, despite the fact that they themselves and approximately do not give anything to others. They believe that they can express anger, discontent, ridicule, but such manifestations are prohibited to them.
The lack of attention and empathy for other members of the group is striking. After several meetings, the participants notice that although the group member is active in his personal work, he never asks questions, never supports others, and does not help anyone. Such a participant with great enthusiasm will begin to talk about himself, the events of his life, but he practically does not know how to listen, and when others speak, he gets bored and looks forward to when again attention will be paid to him.
Group work makes it possible to easily understand the complexities of the narcissistic personality in interpersonal relationships. Other members of the group may dislike the narcissistic member of the group because they can clearly see the weakness behind the arrogant titular self.
It is frustrating for the narcissist to block the narcissist's attempts to receive unmeasured doses of attention and praise, but this is precisely what is beneficial for the narcissist and is the main benefit of group work. For the group, the presence of a narcissistic member can also be useful, since it serves as a kind of catalyst: the need to be firm in defending your right to time, strength and the group's participation in an exciting issue. Those group members who have difficulty advocating for their interests can use certain aspects of the narcissistic member's manifestations as excellent models.
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