A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y

 

Object Constancy
Object Relations
Objective Consciousness
Objective Perception

Objective Reality
Oedipal Narcissism

Oedipal Self
Oneness
Ontological
Openness
Optimizing Force
Oral Narcissism
Organs of Perception

Oedipal Narcissism

We discriminate this form of narcissism because it involves alienation from the essential Presence that arises at the oedipal stage, which is different from the quality of Personal Essence that dominates in the rapprochement phase of the separation-individuation process, and which is related to individuation narcissism. (The Point of Existence, pg 371)

 

 

Our understanding of the development of oedipal narcissism, then, is that the oedipal self becomes weakened and distorted in the absence or inadequacy of appropriate mirroring and support. The self develops without integrating the qualities and capacities that emerge at this stage of development, or it develops with distortions that impel it to compulsively and unsuccessfully seek mirroring and supportive self-objects for these manifestations of the self. (The Point of Existence, pg 374)