Month: March 2016

The Two Telltale Signs of a Narcissist

Linda Lee Adams/Lady Quixote13 Comments

As clinical psychologist Dr. Joseph Burgo states in his book The Narcissist You Know: 

“Although the APA sets forth nine potential criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder…. those nine actually boil down to two: an inflated sense of self-importance and a lack of empathy for other people; the remaining features are by-products that naturally follow from them.”

1) an inflated sense of self-importance

2) a lack of empathy for other people

Bingo! There it is, in a nutshell.

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The Narcissist You Know: Defending Yourself Against Extreme Narcissists in an All-About-Me Age by Joseph Burgo, PhD — a terrific book!

Housing first: end homelessness (no requirements to be off street drugs, nor on psych drugs)

Linda Lee Adams/Lady Quixote8 Comments

This is the answer, in my opinion. A definitive measure of our capacity for empathy and loving kindness is found in the way we treat the homeless, the poor, and the mentally ill.

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The Canadian city featured in the video below has housed all their citizens.

I worked for a harm reduction program in San Francisco in which no one was required to be off illegal drugs nor were they required to be on psych drugs (the drugs of the state which were often held over the heads of those who don’t want to take them as reason to not give housing) … The program brought down emergency hospitalizations by huge numbers by giving people one of their very most basic needs…a roof over their heads…I’m a believer in non-coercive loving care. Give people what they really need and they’ll figure out the rest.

The program I worked for wasn’t a flawless program, but I was on site 8 hours a day and folks were able to come to me if and when they wanted. No coercive requirements or expectations. The philosophy of the…

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