JohnPRyan

“Trolls hurt people—their words turn news sites, social media sites, and other collective posting spaces into toxic spaces. Even when the reader is aware that the person posting such vitriol and hate is, at best, a coward operating from the anonymity of an alias, simple exposure to this hateful, uncivil, baiting, and cruel abuse contributes to the larger toxicity in which we are all currently living and that is negatively impacting everyone’s health and well-being.”
― Ramani Durvasula, "Don't You Know Who I Am?": How to Stay Sane in an Era of Narcissism, Entitlement, and Incivility

“The very demands of his survival teach man craftiness, lying and deception; otherwise others will survive against him. These are the Laws of this universe. What he will finally reach after these thousands of reincarnations is not ascension –as they claim– but total spiritual death inside the clever body of a bio-robot.”
― Angeliki Anagnostou - Kalogera, Can You Stand The Truth?: The Chronicle of Man's Imprisonment: Last Call!

“He believed that narcissism is a chronic search for self-preservation and the need to protect the psyche. In his telling, the origin of narcissism is likely some form of unresolved conflict from childhood that is playing out in adulthood. In one of the wisest descriptions of narcissism, Freud stated, “Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism.”
― Ramani Durvasula, "Don't You Know Who I Am?": How to Stay Sane in an Era of Narcissism, Entitlement, and Incivility

“RETROSPECTIVE‌ FALSIFICATION «D. H. Rawcliffe coined this term to refer to the process of telling a story that is factual to some extent, but which gets distorted and falsified over time by retelling it with various embellishments. The embellishments may include speculations, conflating events that occurred at different times or in different places, and the incorporation of material without regard for accuracy or plausibility. The overriding force that drives the story is to find or invent details that fit with a desired outcome. …The original story gets remodeled with favorable points being emphasized and unfavorable ones being dropped. The distorted and false version becomes a memory and record of a remarkable tale.»”
― Angeliki Anagnostou - Kalogera, Can You Stand The Truth?: The Chronicle of Man's Imprisonment: Last Call!