Avoid Becoming Temporary Narcissist

Substances such as cocaine and alcohol can render you a full-fledged narcissist for a few hours. Fame, power, money can accomplish the same startling transformation for years (Acquired Situational Narcissism). 1. Cocaine Intoxication, Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry (Sixth Edition), 2010 2. Levy, M. S. (1989). Grandiosity within alcoholism: Implications for treatment. Psychotherapy Patient, 5(3-4), 173–180. https://doi.org/10.1300/J358v05n03_17 3. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology Addicted to Self-esteem: Understanding the neurochemistry of narcissism by using cocaine as a pharmacological model Alina Kastner-Bosek https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8383-2838 [email protected], Irena Dajic, and Matthäus Willeit https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8418-6188 https://doi.org/10.1177/2043808721104... 4. Grandiose and Vulnerable Narcissism: Associations with Alcohol Use, Alcohol Problems and Problem Recognition Logan E. Welker, B.A.,* Raluca M. Simons, PhD, and Jeffrey S. Simons, PhD J Am Coll Health. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2020 Apr 1. Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Health. 2019 Apr; 67(3): 226–234. Published online 2018 Sep 19. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2018.1470092 5. Linda Brannon and Jess Feist, Health Psychology, An Introduction to Behavior and Health, Sixth Edition, Thomson Wadsworth (2007) Find and Buy MOST of my BOOKS and eBOOKS in my Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/60...