He may develop compulsive rites to fend off this
"bad", unwarranted, persecutory influences.
The narcissist, very much the infantile outcome of stunted personal
development, engages in magical thinking. He feels omnipotent, that
there is nothing he couldn't do or achieve if only he sets his mind to
it. He feels omniscient - he rarely admits to ignorance and regards his
intuitions and intellect as founts of objective data.
Thus, narcissists are haughtily convinced that introspection is a more
important and more efficient (not to mention easier to accomplish)
method of obtaining knowledge than the systematic study of outside
sources of information in accordance with strict and tedious curricula.
Narcissists are "inspired" and they despise hamstrung technocrats
To some extent, they feel omnipresent because they are either famous or
about to become famous or because their product is selling or is being
manufactured globally. Deeply immersed in their delusions of grandeur,
they firmly believe that their acts have - or will have - a great
influence not only on their firm, but on their country, or even on
Mankind. Having mastered the manipulation of their human environment -
they are convinced that they will always "get away with it".
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