grandiosity as defense
3 maps carrying this marker
Kanye West
Grandiosity as wound-covering. The collapsed boundary between artistic vision and self. Probably the most documented real-time psychological unraveling in public life and one of the most legible terrain maps available.
Read map →
The Grandiose Self
Grandiosity is not a character flaw. It is an architecture, built in response to a specific early environment, in which the ordinary self was insufficient to secure the love or attention that was required. The bigness is not the problem. The bigness is the solution to the problem.
Read map →
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.
Read map →