Essay research part 1

When we did the lecture for narcissism I realised it's a hot topic for me which I have things to talk about.

Narcissism it's not just about how much you love yourself it's also about how you talk and act towards other people, how you seen their attention and their love so you're noticed. You hear and see people that are not there and it's because you miss them. Wanting people to love you because you don't know where or who you are. Make-up, hiding yourself from yourself. Distortion.

All of these facts are a type of narcissism one way or another. I realised that I can easily link this to my personal life. I believe that when you do a certain project and you link it personally, it make it more special as you put all your emotions and realness into it.

Possible questions;

1. Why I don't love myself.

2. Why don't I love myself?

3. Why I love myself.

4. Who am I?

5. Am I narcissistic?

6. Why am I narcissistic?

7. Why do women and men love themselves?

8. Why and how does narcissism helps us survive?

As I started to think about these questions I realised they would be something interesting that might pop up on Google. So, I decided to Google them!

There was some great websites that came up and very powerful too!

Google search

http://jasonconnell.co/love_yourself/

This link is all about how to embrace and love yourself. Another reason other than technology why this generation is so narcissistic is also other people. Other people share their stories and help us to embrace our problems and show us how we can love ourselves. It's almost like online therapy.

https://tinybuddha.com/blog/21-tips-to-release-self-neglect-and-love-yourself-in-action/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/emotional-fitness/201001/you-dont-need-love-yourself-first

https://www.louisehay.com/do-you-truly-know-how-to-love-yourself/

All of the links above are evidence that Google makes us narcissistic. All these blogs, websites, magazines, etc help us and empower us. The little things are the things that make us this way, they are the things that count the most. Even the comments on those websites show us that we are like this naturally without trying. Because if we don't love each other who will?! Nobody. This is why we narcissistic.

Google Scholar search

After this I decided to look into love but on Google Scholar and see if something interesting comes up there.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0004869003394006

Of course things came up. There are a lot of books nowadays for people with mental health to help them love themselves and find themselves. Also, can I just make a little point... even though this might sound rude I believe that people with mental health are also narcissistic. I mean you're looking for someone to love you. You are seeking attention and help from other people because you can't find it in yourself. That is selfish. That is normal. That is okay. That is narcissistic.

Jstore

I then decided to have a look on Jstore. I found a book which is called 'Narcissism: ocrates, the Frankfurt School, and Psychoanalytic Theory' - you can see the introductions of the chapters in the link and a couple of sentences really took my attention.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt211qz5x?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=narcissism&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dnarcissism&refreqid=search%3A3a2e51123fd42e34829e360bfbe9c1e2 Chapter 1 After Virtue, Narcissism (pp. 1-20)DOI: 10.2307/j.ctt211qz5x.4

This book is based on the hypothesis that the psychoanalytic theory of narcissism can help us better understand certain basic philosophical issues, by enabling us to distinguish fruitful from sterile modes of philosophical speculation. In order to establish that this is a hypothesis worth considering, the first part of this chapter will be devoted to a comparison of Alasdair Macintyre’s After Virtue with Christopher Lasch’sThe Culture of NarcissismandThe Minimal Self.

"philosophical issues" "hypothesis" "psychoanaytic theory" these little key words show me that this could be interesting to read and find out what they really think and mean about the culture of narcissism and the minimal self.