08-31-2022, 01:25 AM
Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
Interesting. Sure seems like this could apply to our previous president. A Trump meltdown would be pretty good karma.
What Is a Narcissistic Collapse?
The fear of being publicly humiliated can lead a narcissist to stop functioning.
Many people picture narcissists as supremely confident people who never suffer from self-doubt. The reality is quite different. People with narcissistic personality disorder have unstable self-esteem and underlying shame and worthlessness. They depend on other people to give them the external validation they need to feel confident and special.
As a result of their dependence on external validation and their value on their public image, narcissists can experience a debilitating narcissistic collapse when they anticipate a humiliating public failure. The anxiety associated with the idea of being exposed as flawed can interfere with their mustering enough defensive grandiosity to support their self-esteem. Without the prop of their grandiosity, they can sink into a shame-based depression in which they are afraid of the future and can no longer function in the present.
In extreme cases, narcissists may attempt suicide because they view death as less dreadful than being publicly exposed as an inadequate fake.
More: Psychology Today
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