To compensate an original insecurity, narcissists learn to lie and lie, (along a paradoxical system of reward or proof).  As nothing they say is real, and nothing they say actually means anything, people learn not to listen to them.  Not being listened to makes the insecurity of the narcissist worse - it is a spiral of positive feedback.  ( ( Read more... )

I felt too ill to put out the recyclables yesterday, and so I did it at about 7:45am.  As I walked back to the garage, there was a lot of wild noise from next-door, which is something I have learnt is a normal reaction, by the guy next-door, to me being outside.  It has happened so many times before, not only do I know I am not paranoid, but I also ( Read more... )

( Various curious subjects in my daily life lately... )