Primary Narcissism

Narcissism is a word so frequently used but rarely defined.  Actually, even when one steps right into the middle of the web of the narcissist one can be unaware of the malignant force which will eventually suck the life force out of the ensnared victim.

Perhaps a narcissist is so difficult to recognize because, in the beginning, we are all narcissists.  Narcissism is a component of human nature--a matter of degrees.

PRIMARY NARCISSISM.  A newborn infant has no relationship with the people, objects, or places.  An infant cannot distinguish himself from the people, objects, or places that surround him.  An infant is not interested in people, objects, or places which may surround him.  The only reality that exists for an infant is the infant himself--his feeling of warmth or cold, hunger or thirst, wakefulness or sleepiness.