Jenny's review
Narcissism: Denial of the True Self
by Alexander Lowen
Jenny's review
Narcissism: Denial of the True Self by Alexander Lowen
Jenny's review
rating:
A little .. too Freudian.. I started to read this book because I wanted to understand more about people who suffer from Narcissistic Personality Disorder, since my former boss clearly is a textbook example of one.
In this book, Dr. Lowen has opened my eyes to some of the reasons to how a person becomes overly narcissistic. However, I still cannot stifle my profound annoyance with this boss! I can imagine her childhood, upbringing, and perhaps even understand the key point of "Denial of Feeling". Unfortunately, the understanding alone does not give me solace to the hurtful feelings I've suffered over the year, working for a boss with NPD.
His method, the Bioenergetic Analysis, seems to be very difficult to go through, especially for people suffering from different levels of NPD. Lying on the bed, kicking and yelling "NO!" I can imagine it will take many sessions just to bring a patient comfortable enough to be able to do that with real conviction.
Nonetheless,...more
In this book, Dr. Lowen has opened my eyes to some of the reasons to how a person becomes overly narcissistic. However, I still cannot stifle my profound annoyance with this boss! I can imagine her childhood, upbringing, and perhaps even understand the key point of "Denial of Feeling". Unfortunately, the understanding alone does not give me solace to the hurtful feelings I've suffered over the year, working for a boss with NPD.
His method, the Bioenergetic Analysis, seems to be very difficult to go through, especially for people suffering from different levels of NPD. Lying on the bed, kicking and yelling "NO!" I can imagine it will take many sessions just to bring a patient comfortable enough to be able to do that with real conviction.
Nonetheless,...more
