Narcissistic rage
Narcissists are thought to exhibit “narcissistic rage" which is an explosive mix of anger and hostility arising from threats to narcissists’ fractured sense of self.[2]
Healthline.com's article What Is Narcissistic Rage, and What’s the Best Way to Deal with It? states:
| “ | Narcissistic rage is an outburst of intense anger or silence that can happen to someone with narcissistic personality disorder.
Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) happens when someone has an exaggerated or overly inflated sense of their own importance. It’s different from narcissism because NPD is linked to genetics and your environment. Someone experiencing narcissistic rage may feel that someone else or an event in their life is threatening or may injure their self-esteem or self-worth. They may act and feel grandiose and superior to others. For example, they may demand special treatment and honor even if it appears that they’ve done nothing to earn it. People with NPD may have an underlying feeling of insecurity and feel unable to handle anything they perceive as criticism. When their “true self” is revealed, a person with NPD may also feel threatened, and their self-esteem is crushed. As a result, they may react with a variety of emotions and actions. Rage is only one of them, but it’s often one of the most visible.[3] |
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The psychoanalyst Paul H. Ornstein on narcissistic rage
Paul H. Ornstein was a Hungarian-American psychoanalyst.
The first chapter of Paul H. Ornstein's book The Search for Self was titled Thoughts on Narcissism and Narcissistic Rage.[4]
The abstract for the first chapter of Paul H. Ornstein's book The Search for Self was titled Thoughts on Narcissism and Narcissistic Rage indicates: "The scrutiny of aggression as it is interrelated with the area of narcissism has, up to this point, been focused on the phenomenology of narcissistic rage and on the explanation of the matrix of archaic narcissism from which it arises. The relation between acute and chronic narcissistic rage in the area of the omnipotence of the grandiose self is paralleled by the relation between acute shame and chronic feelings of inferiority in the area of the exhibitionism of the narcissistic structure."[5]
Narcissistic rage in leaders
The abstract for the journal article Narcissistic rage in leaders: the intersection of individual dynamics and group process published in The International Journal of Social Psychiatry states:
| “ | Power corrupts in terms of both grandiose inflations and threatened narcissistic injuries. This paper deals with the rage states that may ensue in leaders. After explaining the individual psychodynamics of self-righteous rages in executives, this paper describes inferences about the group processes set in motion by such leaders and the reactions of subordinates. Independent thinkers in subordinate groups are both especially vulnerable to harm and especially important to preventing disasters within the group. The variable action of such persons leads to a sequence of possible phases. In bad scenarios the last phase is one containing institutional ruin, bloodbaths, or mutinies. Understanding the inference of individual and group dynamics on a theme of narcissistic injury may help prevent such disasters.[6] | ” |
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References
- ↑ What Is Narcissistic Rage, and What’s the Best Way to Deal with It?, Healthline.com
- ↑ Krizan, Z., & Johar, O. (2015). Narcissistic rage revisited. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 108(5), 784–801. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000013
- ↑ What Is Narcissistic Rage, and What’s the Best Way to Deal with It?, Healthline.com
- ↑ Abstract for the chapter Thoughts on Narcissism and Narcissistic Rage in Paul H. Ornstein's book The Search for Self
- ↑ Abstract for the chapter Thoughts on Narcissism and Narcissistic Rage in Paul H. Ornstein's book The Search for Self
- ↑ Narcissistic rage in leaders: the intersection of individual dynamics and group process. The International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 1988 Summer;34(2):135-41. doi: 10.1177/002076408803400208.
