empathy as blocked not absent

The Narcissist

Narcissism is the most searched psychological term in common use, and the most commonly misunderstood. The clinical picture is not arrogance. It is a specific wound, assembled in early life, in which the developing self did not receive what it needed to build a stable interior. The grandiosity is not the problem. The grandiosity is the solution to the problem. Understanding the difference changes what is possible.