The Narsing Flower
Narkissos was a hunter who was known for his exceptional beauty. He treated those who fell in love with him badly because he thought he was better than everybody else.
Nemesis, the god of vengeance, noticed this behavior and lured him to a pool, where he saw his own reflection in the water and fell in love himself. Blinded by his love, he jumped into the pool to get to his own reflection and drowned.
According to the Greek mythology, this story can have several endings. In one such ending, one of his victims named Liriope, a beautiful river nymph, was overwhelmed by her grief. She decided to join him in death by jumping into the pool after him. She drowned but her soul was trapped in the water. Once again, the gods intervened. Her soul was immortalized into a flower bulb, which took root at the edge of the pool.
Not only the origin of a beautiful flower in the daffodil family, but it also gave rise to another term. Narcissus is the Latin form of Narkissos and is the origin of the term narcissism, a fixation with oneself and one's physical appearance.
Some of the symptoms:
1-Hypersensitivity to any insults or imagined insults
2-An obvious self-focus in interpersonal exchanges
3-Vulnerability to shame rather than guilt
4-Flattery towards people who admire and affirm them
5-Detesting those who do not admire them
6-Pretending to be more important than they really are
7-Bragging subtly but persistently
8-Denial of remorse and gratitude
9-Self lamentation and looking for attention when insulted
Before this starts a new series of self-lamentations, this blog is not aimed at anybody and I categorically deny having called anybody a narcissist. Don't wear a shoe if it does not fit.
That title is reserved for only me. After all, the mirror in my passage kisses me every time I walk by. All I need to do is to bend over towards it to kiss back.
Have a wonderful day!
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P.S. I 'get it' too!
I'm sure you do have a pretty smile, tucked away in that parka!
to touch it.
Sol's, on the other hand, has a loud boom!
But this is the way I am. Always!
I suppose that makes me a perfect narcissist. I know I'm one and admit it openly.
I trust you had a joyful weekend.
I'm so sorry. I merely summarized the core of my own characteristics. I never realized that we were so much alike. Can it be a South African trait?
I think we all got it. Well, I got it al;l at breakfast this morning.
I'm also psychic.
But I don't want to brag about it. I'm very modest.
So Don't ask me for a demo.
I hope you're not talking about this one because it is about me.
But if you promise not to outshine me, I will share it with you.
Most the time I spend admiring myself and trying to think of new ways to project my magnificence for all to see.
Just stop by to speak to Yah!
Then headed out shopping again soon....
Is that you?hat are you doing tonight, babe. Let's paint the town.
Really you? I''t great.
Your butt! Know that it's me...
Hey! Pick me up in 4 hours from now. We will head Downtown.
So don't panic if you do see yourselves, and don't go into denial in protection of your ego. It's the absence of counter traits(or balance), and the presence of the traits to the point of being harmful to be concerned with. If it's not harmful or potentially harmful, or limiting to yourselves, others or your pursuit of the life you want don't worry about it.
It's all just people being people anyway.
See ya there, no need to dolly up. You look great as you are.
Thanks for putting my mind at ease. I was getting real worried when I first looked at the symptoms. I was thinking about zapping all those opposing me. Is that normal too?
Thanks! But You're Too Late...
Unless! You want to pay me. >> Not to go shopping today!....
What a pity!
Then I must retire for my beauty sleep. I must reserve my youthful looks.
I decree it is normal Catfoot, yes.
However, actually zapping said enemies, or obsessing about it to the point of failure to self administer sufficient nutrition and or to the point of alienating every other living thing on the planet, not so much.
It's like going to the beach without sun block.
It's fine if we don't stay so long we turn ourselves into fashionably distressed leather handbags.
You need that! To keep up with me....
Night! You.....
Good blog...this may help some people here...lol...
We all need to have a good laugh once in a while...
Hmm, a very scientifically explanation for a somewhat complicated situation. Although I'm somewhat to relieved to learn that I'm more or less normal in the context of our environment, I'm just a little disjointed too. My uniqueness was vested in my narcissistic state and while I don't mind sharing this specific uniqueness with two or three other individuals, I cannot bear the idea of being just like all the other people who surround me.
Ok, after a good night's rest I'm ready for you, though I fear my batteries will run down in just a few hours.
Thank you! But I fear that, as usually, I'm preaching to the converted. Denial is one of the symptoms.