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Pessimistic mood in narcissistic decompensation

Pessimistic mood in narcissistic decompensation PESSIMISTIC MOOD IN NARCISSISTIC DECOMPE NSATION Dragan M. gvraki~ In the voluminous literature on narcissistic personality disorders and among other well-defined clinical features, the emotional characteristics of this disorder remain loosely defined and insufficiently specified. This it par- ticularly true of a wide spectrum of negative narcissistic emotions, which are an important part of the overall narcissistic emotional life since they are present in many different instances of narcissistic failure. In this article I will focus on the negative emotions of narcissistic person- alities. More precisely, I will analyze a specific negative emotional state emerging in one particular type of narcissistic failure-narcissistic decom- pensation. As I will show, an overwhelming sense of futility specifically col- ort the whole personality and ego functions (i.e., feelings, thoughts, and actions) of the decompensated narcissistic patient; consequently, the emo- tional state emerging in narcissistic decompensation has all the taxonomical characteristics of pathological mood. Guided by its dominant phenomeno- logical expression (experience of futility and specific coloring of "somber- nest"l, I have denoted this emotional disturbance as a pessimistic mood, or pessimism. PESSIMISM AND "PESSIMISTIC MOOD" Primarily philosophical, the term and notion pessimism appears in psychiatry both colloquially and literar.ily, and its usage is http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

Pessimistic mood in narcissistic decompensation

Švrakić, Dragan M.
The American Journal of Psychoanalysis , Volume 47 (1): 14 – Mar 1, 1987
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Springer Journals
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1987 Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
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0002-9548
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10.1007/BF01252333
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PESSIMISTIC MOOD IN NARCISSISTIC DECOMPE NSATION Dragan M. gvraki~ In the voluminous literature on narcissistic personality disorders and among other well-defined clinical features, the emotional characteristics of this disorder remain loosely defined and insufficiently specified. This it par- ticularly true of a wide spectrum of negative narcissistic emotions, which are an important part of the overall narcissistic emotional life since they are present in many different instances of narcissistic failure. In this article I will focus on the negative emotions of narcissistic person- alities. More precisely, I will analyze a specific negative emotional state emerging in one particular type of narcissistic failure-narcissistic decom- pensation. As I will show, an overwhelming sense of futility specifically col- ort the whole personality and ego functions (i.e., feelings, thoughts, and actions) of the decompensated narcissistic patient; consequently, the emo- tional state emerging in narcissistic decompensation has all the taxonomical characteristics of pathological mood. Guided by its dominant phenomeno- logical expression (experience of futility and specific coloring of "somber- nest"l, I have denoted this emotional disturbance as a pessimistic mood, or pessimism. PESSIMISM AND "PESSIMISTIC MOOD" Primarily philosophical, the term and notion pessimism appears in psychiatry both colloquially and literar.ily, and its usage is

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Published: Mar 1, 1987

Keywords: Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis

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