Understanding Conscious-Narcissism
According to the article, conscious narcissism is the philosophical error of believing that consciousness is the sole or primary locus of the self .[:cite[1]{ln=1}][:cite[1]{ln=2}] Because subconscious influences ...
According to the article, conscious narcissism is the philosophical error of believing that consciousness is the sole or primary locus of the self .[:cite[1]{ln=1}][:cite[1]{ln=2}] Because subconscious influences are not consciously initiated and their origins are opaque, the conscious self mistakenly concludes that they must come from outside the self .[:cite[2]{ln=1}][:cite[2]{ln=2}] In this process, consciousness excludes the subconscious from “me” and treats it as “not me”—an external other, visitor, or authority.[:cite[1]{ln=3}] The term “narcissism” is not used clinically to mean grandiosity ; it refers instead to drawing the boundaries of the self incorrectly .[:cite[1]{ln=2}] Within the article’s framework, this misidentification helps explain why people may interpret subconscious impulses as divine revelations or communications from external agents.[:cite[3]{ln=3}][:cite[2]{ln=4}] ==In short, conscious narcissism means mistaking the conscious mind for the whole self and externalizing the subconscious parts of one’s own mental activity.==[:cite[1]{ln=1}][:cite[1]{ln=3}]