Astonishing! Bringing the reality of psychoanalysis into the world. With all the nonsense everywhere. When he spoke about inability to distinguish self from other, inability to acknowledge external reality, he might have brought the concept of SYMBIOSIS into the conversation. Seems very relevant. How does narcissistic inability to separate relate to the symbiotic fantasy of oneness with others.

Great explanation, very clear and informative!

thankyou so much for this video you helped me with my thesis

thank you. great explanation

Fantastic explanation. Thanks so much

This is pretty informative!!

Always clear and good presentations. Thank you.

i’d love to hear more about the prediction of narcissism’s trajectory (at the end of the video) and how it relates to the so-called dissociation discourse that had gained steam prior to covid-19. It seems your prediction has even more relevance to both areas today

This was a great video, so thank you. There's no doubt that Kernberg is a genius and my gut tells me that he's right about the relationship between borderline and narcissism, but I think Kohut is on point about so many things that he just might have the lead for me, in particular his ideas about horizontal *AND* vertical splitting, and his point about destrudo: I don't think you can understand narcissism without incorporating destrudo, and I agree the libido shouldn't be confined to sexuality, but Freud was mostly correct, you could say that all libido is a diffusion of sexual energy; all destrudo a diffusion of the death instinct or the survival aspects of destruction.

First of all, lets make clear that what Freud referred to as a sexual drive was not erotic in nature but pertaining to life force, a force related to goals involving achievement, personal relations, material desires and self image. These factors, especially self image, are formed in early childhood. As stated by Jershield, the child we once were still resides within us today. It is when our child prevents self actualization and the individual, although an adult, has the personality of a spoiled, self centered brat with no remorse that psychosis exists. As indicated in the studies of identical twins that these traits are, to a great extent, hereditary.

So, vis Kohut, narcissism as a kind of drive is… sociality? Social connection? Belonging? I’d buy that. A social wound leads to eg needing supply like a belonging-diabetic.

The last sentence is the most interesting and provocative, where you say that narcissism and sexual satisfaction are not mutually exclusive. Can you tell me if there are critical essays on this connection?

This is really profound

Hello, I write from Turkey and I'm studying on psychology. Can we add Turkish subtitles and broadcast in our channel this video? Because psychoanalytic theory is not well know in our country.

Developmental arrest.

Sir with due respect i do disagree with you about what you say about narcissism in positive sense. Narcissistic personality is literally a challenge to family member . It is no way a healthy personality.

What's more narc than a narc merchantile talking narcasissm?