Tag: Cold Therapy

Healing, Narcissism

Healing Narcissism: Cold Therapy Seminar, Part 2 (Purchase Entire Series), Vienna, May 2017

The video focused on the psychological concepts underlying narcissism, particularly the development of the false self as a protective mechanism in response to early childhood trauma and attachment issues with a nonresponsive caregiver. It emphasized that narcissism is a post-traumatic condition characterized by emotional dysregulation, dissociation, and identity fragmentation, and introduced “cold therapy,” a controversial approach involving controlled retraumatization in a hostile environment to help integrate the narcissistic personality. The discussion also addressed cultural differences in therapeutic approaches, the rising prevalence of narcissism in modern societies, and the importance of predictable caregiver responses in healthy child development. Healing Narcissism: Cold Therapy Seminar, Part 2 (Purchase Entire Series), Vienna, May 2017

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Overt+Covert Narcissist in One Person: Self-supply (44:17), Binary Narcissism

The speaker discusses the concept of a system of residuals in narcissism, where two distinct narcissistic self-states—overt and covert—can coexist simultaneously within one individual, leading to internal conflict and dissonance. This binary system arises when neither state is effective alone, resulting in self-supply dynamics through mutual hostility and fantasy defenses. The speaker suggests that this state, while challenging, presents a unique therapeutic opportunity to induce vulnerability and promote healing through educational and empathetic interventions. Overt+Covert Narcissist in One Person: Self-supply (44:17), Binary Narcissism

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