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The False Self - Various Authors (Narcissism 2 of 4)
Blog: http://psychreviews.org/the-false-self/
In this series on Narcissism I am going to summarize what we learned in the prior episode and expand our understanding of the ego-ideal, how it can pathologically morph into a false self, and I’ll describe what a true self is. Everyone has a healthy version of an ego-ideal to orient our goals but when it is pathological it becomes The False self.
Intro 0:00
Summary 0:51
Emotional investment 1:22
Exploitation 1:49
The comparison wound 2:23
Learned-helplessness 4:14
The False Self 5:26
Winnicott 5:54
Heinz Kohut and Sam Vaknin 7:25
Covert Narcissism 7:53
Exploitation 8:33
Alexander Lowen 9:08
Emptiness 9:46
Attenuation of the self 10:43
The False Self as protection 11:14
Get back into the body 11:49
Summary 12:26
Outro 12:44
Playing and reality – D.W. Winnicott: https://amzn.to/2HLSo43
Winnicott, D. W. (2016). Ego Distortion in Terms of True and False Self. Oxford Clinical Psychology. doi:10.1093/med:psych/9780190271381.003.0023
Narcissism: Denial of the True Self by Alexander Lowen: https://amzn.to/39q8Cew
The Analysis of the Self by Heinz Kohut: Kindle: https://amzn.to/2J9HshD Paperback: https://amzn.to/2JptlnM
Malignant Self-Love: Narcissism Revisited by Sam Vaknin: Kindle: https://amzn.to/3fJGZOO Paperback: https://amzn.to/33qaOPn
Learned Helplessness
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness
Narcissism Series:
Part 1: https://rumble.com/v1gtgdl-on-narcissism-sigmund-freud-narcissism-1-of-4.html
Part 2: https://rumble.com/v1gth6h-the-false-self-various-authors-narcissism-2-of-4.html
Part 3: https://rumble.com/v1gti2z-narcissistic-control-narcissism-3-of-4.html
Part 4: https://rumble.com/v1gtj2d-treatment-of-narcissistic-personality-disorder-narcissism-part-4-of-4.html
Credits:
Deszcz - music by Maciej Żołnowski
https://musopen.org/music/4141/maciej-zonowski/deszcz/
Rage mixed with Fear By Tom Ordelman (User:Thor_NL) - Own reproduction, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=898174
Vampire - By Edvard Munch - Google Art Project: pic, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37643012
Workers on their Way Home - By Edvard Munch - Google Art Project: pic, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37665752
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