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" The mythological Narcissus rejected the advances of the nymph Echo and was punished by the goddess Nemesis. He was consigned to pine away as he fell in love with his own reflection - exactly as Echo had pined away for him. How apt. Narcissists are punished by echoes and reflections of their problematic personalities up to this very day.
Narcissists are said to be in love with themselves.
But this is a fallacy. Narcissus is not in love with himself. He is in love with his reflection.
There is a major difference between one's True Self and reflected-self. "

Sam Vaknin , Malignant Self-Love: Narcissism Revisited


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Sam Vaknin quote : The mythological Narcissus rejected the advances of the nymph Echo and was punished by the goddess Nemesis. He was consigned to pine away as he fell in love with his own reflection - exactly as Echo had pined away for him. How apt. Narcissists are punished by echoes and reflections of their problematic personalities up to this very day.<br />Narcissists are said to be in love with themselves.<br />But this is a fallacy. Narcissus is not in love with himself. He is in love with his <i>reflection</i>.<br />There is a major difference between one's True Self and reflected-self.