@Ryan_Daigler Could you please also talk about narcissists with martyr syndrome? They are much more difficult to perceive because of their martyr exterior that makes them seem as a sacrificing, kind individual but at the same time equally insidious and difficult to counteract
@UnmodernmanBot it only means that power games are fundamentally inhuman... and that anyone who masters them has already lost something they'll never notice is gone; some food for theological insights there... that Jesus confronted
@spottedreptile@Ryan_Daigler He is obviously not an introvert. He is constantly pushed to vibrate with his energy outside. He is ENTP 7w6 on a spectrum, inside of a highly idealistic ENFP story.
@A_Swidzinski Innymi slowy, Chiny są zmuszone do przeskoczenia tego etapu i budowania potęgi globalnej z pominięciem pełnej dominacji w Azji. Chiny musza sie modlic, aby "Connectography" by Parag Khanna bylo boskim proroctwem.
Narcissists don’t just project their flaws onto other people — they install them. This is projective identification, and it’s one of the most dangerous psychological tactics they use.
1. They can’t tolerate their own flaws
Anything that threatens their inflated self-image — envy, deceit, insecurity, cruelty, malicious intent — is impossible for them to admit. So instead of facing it, they shove those traits into someone else.
2. They pick a target who can carry the projection
Usually someone empathetic, self-reflective, or vulnerable. Someone who second-guesses themselves.
Someone with a history of abuse trauma. Someone who already plays the “peacekeeper” role.
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@Ryan_Daigler an absolutely brilliant thread, every trick in the demon's book; nothing is real about them; nothing they do or say needs to be taken seriously, they are just vehicles channeling evil, they cannot be seen as humans
@romanhelmetguy nah, while the Iliad focuses on the disillusionment of being a divine puppet, Odyssey celebrates the "trickster" who finds freedom through wit and storytelling – Odysseus’s habitual lying is a metaphor for free will, allowing him to improvise within a pre-written cosmic script
@thhouseofblack stupid take, in ancient Greek point of view there is no love between a god and a man, and Odysseus was very cynical (in a fun, cunning way) – constantly playing with the world in every single way, even through his identity, abiding and defying order of things at the same time
@Ryan_Daigler That's the most insightful thing to say about narcissists. In ancient Greek purification rites, to end a curse or miasma, a practitioner would turn their back, remain completely silent, and walk a set number of steps without looking behind. This was called apostrophē.