Comments on: Peril of Narcissism https://pilgrimsreflection.com/peril-of-narcissism/ Life is a journey and purposeful reflections sustain its vitality Wed, 04 Aug 2021 19:37:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 By: Val Gonzales https://pilgrimsreflection.com/peril-of-narcissism/#comment-637 Wed, 04 Aug 2021 19:37:39 +0000 https://pilgrimsreflection.com/?p=478#comment-637 In reply to Jack H.

Thanks for reading and responding Jack!
Here’s my suggestion:
(a) To affirm the inherent challenges in helping those with NPD. After all, they are treatment resistant!
(b) To encourage them to insist on believing that nobody is beyond redemption. Chuck DeGroat responded to a similar inquiry by saying, “I am a glutton for redemption stories.” (DeGroat, 2020, p 161). Everyone is a potential story of God’s redeeming grace!
(c) To premise one’s desire to help by giving generous validation to the NPD sufferer for as long as the validation is consistent with facts. Otherwise this will become simple flattery.
(d) To soak the whole process with prayer for divine guidance so one will proceed not feeling alone.

Shalom.

]]> By: Jack H https://pilgrimsreflection.com/peril-of-narcissism/#comment-635 Sun, 01 Aug 2021 02:50:29 +0000 https://pilgrimsreflection.com/?p=478#comment-635 Thanks for this piece Dr. Val! Though I would like to ask, how can I help others see that those suffering through NPD are not lost causes? I noticed I have been seeing posts on social media declaring that narcissists are lost causes, and are to be avoided because they are too “toxic” to keep. Some would go so far to say narcissists will most likely just reject any opinions of them which considers their behaviours a problem.

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