The Void Within: What Does It Mean to Be a Narcissist?

Narcissistic personality disorder gets its name from the Greek mythological hero Narcissus. According to legend, he was so in love with his own appearance that he could gaze at his reflection in water for hours. This obsession ruined Narcissus: he fell asleep, slipped into the water, and drowned. Pathological self-love, inadequate self-esteem, and a tendency to manipulate—this is what characterizes such a person. But what does he hide behind that haughty mask? How hard it is for him at times to suppress the painful feeling of shame—again and again driving him to madness… How difficult it is for him to remember about a not-so-happy childhood… And how and with what do such people live? What drives them? How to build a relationship with a person like that—and should you do it at all? And most importantly: how to understand the emptiness inside that turns a person into Narcissus? Read about all this in the book!