{"product_id":"confessions-of-a-zen-narcissist-larry-white-9781734298901","title":"Confessions of a Zen Narcissist: Struggles with the Illusion of Self","description":"\"Confessions of a Zen Narcissist\" is the story of my experience with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD); however, it is more than a discussion of its genesis, manifestation, and transition from disorder to trait. NPD is merely an exaggerated manifestation of a component of other personality disorders and of the distress of most people. NPD centers on the illusion of a separate and permanent self. This illusion is common to all human beings and must be confronted in order to live a happy, comfortable, and peaceful life.The purpose of this book is to demythologize and explain a personality disorder that has seldom or never been viewed from the inside. More importantly, it is an attempt to make understandable the distinction between an awareness of self as a tool for living versus a misunderstanding of self as a separate and permanent reality that makes happy and productive living an impossibility. The following nine characteristics of NPD are discussed: 1) Grandiosity; 2) Fantasies of power and success; 3) Belief in being \"special\"; 4) Demand for admiration; 5) Sense of entitlement; 6) Exploitation of others; 7) Lack of empathy; 8) Envy of others or suspicion of envy from others; and 9) Arrogance. Daily examples of NPD are manifested in the media, and it is time to learn what it is all about.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Larry White\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1734298901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781734298901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Larry White\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.21d","brand":"Larry White","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941768200447,"sku":"9781734298901","price":14.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_981813b2-702f-4734-8c67-ae4453af4647.jpg?v=1681454854","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/confessions-of-a-zen-narcissist-larry-white-9781734298901","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}