Narcissism among gay men and LGBT culture is explored by Steven Surman reviewg The Velvet Rage by Alan Downs. This is part two of two.
Contents:
- 9 SIGNS YOU’RE LOVE WH A GAY NARCISSIST – FROM AN LGBTQ THERAPIST
- NARCISSISTIC PERSONALY DISORR AND GAY MEN – A VIEW OM A LEADG LONDON PSYCHOLOGIST FOR GAY MUNY
- ARE GAY MEN MORE LIKELY TO BE TE NARCISSISTS?
- ARE HOMOPHOBIC PEOPLE REALLY GAY AND NOT ACCEPTG IT?
- THE VELVET RAGE BY ALAN DOWNS | SIX LSONS ABOUT GAY NARCISSISM | PART 02
- THE GAY NARCISSISTIC RELATNSHIP GLOSSARY
- IS THE NARCISSIST SECRETLY GAY?
- THE VELVET RAGE BY ALAN DOWNS | SIX LSONS ABOUT GAY NARCISSISM | PART 01
9 SIGNS YOU’RE LOVE WH A GAY NARCISSIST – FROM AN LGBTQ THERAPIST
As an LGBTQ therapist I have helped many clients who have fallen love wh a narcissist. Here are 9 signs you’re love wh a gay narcissist. * are narcissists gay *
As an LGBTQ therapist, many of my clients typilly feel hurt by their gay narcissistic partners bee their needs are not valued and rpected. What n you do when you’re love wh a gay narcissist? The Gay Therapy Center offers a ee onle class, 30 Days to Feelg Good About You, that is specifilly signed for the LGBTQ muny and to build self-passn.
If you’re overwhelmed and feelg distrsed about beg love wh a gay narcissist and you’re nfed about what to do, nsir speakg wh a qualified therapist. Schle a ee 15 mute nsultatn ll and see if the Gay Therapy Center is the right f for your therapy needs. There is a theory that gay men may be particularly sceptible to narcissistic personaly disorr, as a rult of subnsc feelgs of tense aquacy, for which narcissism is an over-pensatn.
NARCISSISTIC PERSONALY DISORR AND GAY MEN – A VIEW OM A LEADG LONDON PSYCHOLOGIST FOR GAY MUNY
Ignorg our views on homosexualy for a moment, I was wonrg what peopl' thoughts were on whether gay men were more likely to be diagnosed ... * are narcissists gay *
Counsellg London for gay men n offer the opportuny to discs and rolve the issu. London psychotherapy and unsellg for gay men n help open the procs of explorg issu that unrlie the rpons. Watch the vio on The Homosexual Narcissist.
What is the typil profile of a homosexual narcissist?
ARE GAY MEN MORE LIKELY TO BE TE NARCISSISTS?
* are narcissists gay *
I am a heterosexual and th prived of an timate acquatance wh certa psychologil procs, which allegedly are unique to homosexuals. Rearch failed to fd any substantive difference between the psychologil make-up of a narcissist who happens to have homosexual preferenc - and a heterosexual narcissist. There is, however, one element, which might be unique to homosexuals: the fact that their self-fn hg on their sexual inty.
Homosexualy has been flated to the level of a sub-culture, a separate psychology, or a myth.
Preoccupatn wh body and sex mak most homosexual narcissists SOMATIC narcissists. Moreover, the homosexual mak love to a person of the SAME sex - a way, to his REFLECTION. In this rpect, homosexual relatns are highly narcissistic and toerotic affairs.
ARE HOMOPHOBIC PEOPLE REALLY GAY AND NOT ACCEPTG IT?
As I’ve been velopg the ongog narrative of my gay narcissistic relatnship, I’ve started g key words to scribe thgs... * are narcissists gay *
It is ls manift re, ego-syntonic, homosexual transsexuals. Autogynephilic transsexuals start off as heterosexuals and end up as eher bisexual or homosexual.
Homosexual and Transsexual Narcissists, HealthyPlace. Are gay men more likely to be te narcissists? Ignorg our views on homosexualy for a moment, I was wonrg what peopl' thoughts were on whether gay men were more likely to be diagnosed wh Narcissistic Personaly Disorr.
I mt first say that I am not a health profsnal, but my experience, many of the self-centred, perfectnist, boastg type tras herent NPD seem to be at the foreont gay culture: the need to stay betiful and young forever, body fascism, the plete foc on physil attractivens above all else. There are those that would make an argument that homosexuals are disorred to beg. ccumm36D wrote:There are those that would make an argument that homosexuals are disorred to beg.
THE VELVET RAGE BY ALAN DOWNS | SIX LSONS ABOUT GAY NARCISSISM | PART 02
It seems ironic that you would make such a ment regardg the overall attu by many towards homosexuals ntemporary society, one that uld obvly lead to vianc self-teem and personaly disorrs for the afflicted of said ments. It seems ironic that you would make such a ment regardg the overall attu by many towards homosexuals ntemporary society, one that uld obvly lead to vianc self-teem and personaly disorrs for the afflicted of said you nsir that this is probably his favore hobby.
I would tend to agree wh "vianc self-teem and personaly disorrs for the afflicted" but I mt fervently disagree that is "ments" that e the emotnal strife to which he refers but rather their ndn or state, their gayns if you will, that is at the root of their perceived anguish.
For if they were not gay... Regardlsly, the existence of negative attus towards homosexuals is highly prevalent some areas of the world and this is all that is necsary to support my ncln. Regardlsly, the existence of negative attus towards homosexuals is highly prevalent some areas of the world and this is all that is necsary to support my were makg a quantum leap my iend (sic).
THE GAY NARCISSISTIC RELATNSHIP GLOSSARY
In my recent vorac readg, I do remember somewhere that there is a higher 'rate' of narcissism among homosexual men, as lovg another man's body more closely reflects worshipg one's own. Suici appears more likely and mental disorrs appear ls likely homosexuals wh rpect to normal populatn. I thk would take a study specifilly focg on NPD homosexuals to nvce me of anythg.
A seri of studi recently published the prtig Journal of Personaly and Social Psychology found higher levels of homophobia dividuals wh unacknowledged attractns to the same sex, particularly when they grew up wh thorarian parents who also held homophobic attus. In the Universy of Rochter's prs release, Netta Weste, the study's lead thor, said, "Individuals who intify as straight but psychologil tts show a strong attractn to the same sex may be threatened by gays and lbians bee homosexuals remd them of siar tennci wh themselv. Attus towards gay and lbian people are an important part of current polil issu like the legaly of same-sex marriage and employment nondiscrimatn.
Yet ltle scientific rearch has been done on what driv such anti-gay attus.
IS THE NARCISSIST SECRETLY GAY?
Acrdg to the team of rearchers, this study is the first to document the role that both parentg and sexual orientatn play the formatn of anti-gay attus, cludg self-reported homophobic attus, discrimatory bias, implic hostily towards gays, and endorsement of anti-gay polici. One prr study ed genal measur of sexual attractns and found that homophobic men showed an crease penile erectns to male homosexual male eroti. Stunts were shown words and pictur on a puter screen and asked to put the "gay" or "straight" tegori.
THE VELVET RAGE BY ALAN DOWNS | SIX LSONS ABOUT GAY NARCISSISM | PART 01
They were then shown the words "gay, " "straight, " "homosexual, " and "heterosexual" as well as pictur of straight and gay upl, and the puter tracked precisely their rponse tim. A faster associatn of "me" wh "gay" and a slower associatn of "me" wh "straight" was taken to dite an implic gay orientatn. Fally, the rearcher measured participants' level of homophobia—both overt, as exprsed qutnnair on social policy and beliefs, and implic, as revealed word-pletn tasks.