GEORGE BUSH HAS A LIFE SCRIPT, SUGGEST YOU READ THIS

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http://www.mental-health-today.com/articles/drama.htm

THE OLD OLD ALCOHOLIC GAME.
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1. while i agree this is an old alcoholic game, I think this is his *real* problem

http://www.mental-health-today.com/narcissistic/npd.htm

the booze games are just a sideline

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Adaptation is a process of disillusionment. If this process is abrupt, inconsistent, unpredictable, capricious, arbitrary and intense - the injuries sustained by the infant's tender, budding, self-esteem, are severe and, often, irreversible. Moreover, the empathic support of our caretakers (the Primary Objects, the parents) is crucial. In its absence, our sense of self-worth and self-esteem in adulthood tends to fluctuate, to alternate between over-valuation (idealization) and devaluation of both Self and others. Narcissistic adults are widely thought to be the result of bitter disappointment, of radical disillusionment in the significant others in their infancy.

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(1) The person encounters an obstacle, (2) The person regresses to the primary Narcissistic phase, and (3) The person recuperates and moves back from the primary Narcissistic phase to attack the obstacle again. While in step (2), the person displays childish, immature behaviours. He feels that he is omnipotent and misjudges his power and the power of his opponents and opposition. He underestimates challenges facing him and pretends to be "Mr. Know-All". His sensitivity to the needs and emotions of others and his ability to empathize with them deteriorates sharply. He becomes intolerably haughty and arrogant, with sadistic and paranoid tendencies. Above all, he then seeks unconditional admiration, even when he does not deserve it.

He is preoccupied with fantastic, magical, thinking and daydreams his life away.

He tends to exploit others, to envy them, to be edgy and explode with unexplained rage.

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The second mechanism which the narcissist employees is the active pursuit of "Narcissistic Supply". The Narcissist actively seeks to furnish himself with an endless supply of admiration, adulation, affirmation and attention. As opposed to common opinion (which infiltrated literature) - the narcissist is content to have ANY kind of attention. If fame cannot be had - infamy and notoriety will do. The narcissist is obsessed with the obtaining of narcissistic supply, he is addicted to it. His behavior in its pursuit is impulsive.

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2. AZDM

Here's my favorite link on that subject.

http://www.toad.net/~arcturus/dd/narc.htm
From that link:

"...Kantor (1992, pp. 203-204) describes the clinical characteristics of NPD as:


inordinate self-pride;

self-concern;

an exaggeration of the importance of one's experiences and feelings;

ideas of perfection;

a reluctance to accept blame or criticism;

absence of altruism although gestures may be made for the sake of appearance;

empathy deficit; and,

grandiosity.
Frances, et.al. (1995, p. 374) add:


entitlement;

shallowness;

preoccupation with fame, wealth, and achievement;

craving admiration, attention and praise;

placing excessive emphasis on displaying beauty and power..."

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3. exactly right n/t

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4. There's an element....

... of, "If I cant be the best, I'd rather be the worst".

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6. welcome to DU, AZDM!! you hit it top dead center... BTW, this OP get's my vote...

GEORGE W. BUSH PROFILE (diagnosis; Narcissistic Personality Disorder - NPD)

Essential Feature

The essential feature of the narcissistic personality disorder is a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy (DSM-IV™, 1994, p. 658). Gunderson, et.al,

(Livesly, ed., 1995, p. 208) notes that the grandiosity may not be overt or may involve arrogant and haughty behavior.

Kantor (1992, pp. 203-204) describes the clinical characteristics of NPD as:

* inordinate self-pride;
* self-concern;
* an exaggeration of the importance of one's experiences and feelings;
* ideas of perfection;
* a reluctance to accept blame or criticism;
* absence of altruism although gestures may be made for the sake of appearance;
* empathy deficit; and,
* grandiosity.

Frances, et.al. (1995, p. 374) add:

* entitlement;
* shallowness;
* preoccupation with fame, wealth, and achievement;
* craving admiration, attention and praise;
* placing excessive emphasis on displaying beauty and power.

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5. Bush let the skull & bones thing really fu*k up whatever he had left for brains