Right, it's fine for us to be talking about ambiguous concepts... in fact, I'd argue those are the things that need the most discussion. Just for context, since I'm still waiting for my hepatocyte culture simulation to finish, I took this test:
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/beautiful-minds/23-signs-youe28099re-secretly-a-narcissist-masquerading-as-a-sensitive-introvert/ I got a 67 ... of course, that's probably biased since I'm taking the test in the context of this conversation. But what's amazing to me is my ability to doubt myself while remaining confident in my doubt of other things. The best question was: "___ I tend to feel humiliated when criticized." This reminds me of the reappropriation of negative labels. I can't help but wonder what mechanisms (deeply) insecure people have developed to handle negative circumstances. And that reminds me of this article, which I thought was fantastic: An open letter to Milo Yiannopoulos http://www.dailycal.org/2017/01/17/open-letter-milo-yiannopoulos/ I think most people are hurt by criticism of any kind. But what matters is not that you're hurt by it. What matters is how you _respond_. And how you respond also happens to be how we diagnose personality disorders. It seems less about how the incoming information impinges on you and much more about how you respond, what your rearing taught you to do. On 01/27/2017 02:20 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote: > Well, this isn't physics or math so any assertion is ambiguous, complicated > and uncertain. But...Introversion is often caused by grandiose or > exhibitionistic impulses. Once I saw a TV interview in which Barbra > Streisand claimed to be a shy introvert. (That's the correct spelling of her > name). To the extent that I understand it, and very oversimplified, > Narcissistic Personality Disorder is caused by failure of the parents to > validate a child's authentic self. For instance, imagine a three year-old's > mother says, "He's a ladies' man like his daddy". First, he's not a man and > the only lady he cares about is his mommy. He feels lonely, empty, and much > dissonance between what he is and what his parent(s) say(s) he is. > > Disclaimer: I read a handful of books on this and related topics. I took one > course at the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Institute on "Psychoanalysis and > Literature". I had many conversations with residents, psychiatrists, and > psychoanalysts when I worked in the Research Center in Child Psychiatry at > the University of Pittsburgh. This is far from being educated in the field. -- ☣ glen ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
