Gay men and Narcissistic Personality Disorder
I have a theory that gay men suffer disproportionately from Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
You know, I feel like I started out straight. But when I wasn’t getting the attention from the girls I admired, I would notice the guys who were getting the attention, and then I would envy them. And I guess that envy and desire to be like them evolved into a desire to be with them. I guess I thought that if I could be with them, I could vicariously have those qualities that made them loveable and worthy of attention from girls.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder comes from a place of emptiness, where the person in childhood didn’t get enough love and attention (in my case, it wasn’t enough love and acceptance from my peers).
As a child, and in high school, I would be so devastated if I didn’t have a major role in the school plays. I needed to be a star. I guess I thought if I were a star, I would get the attention and respect that I wanted from my peers.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | January 9, 2019 2:03 AM
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Boring. Done before. Not even worth rating.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | January 6, 2019 6:38 AM
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Your "theory" is wrong. While you may be a narcissist, you can't blame being gay on that.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | January 6, 2019 6:39 AM
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People of the 21st Century are more narcissistic in general. Gay, straight, or whatever.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | January 6, 2019 6:49 AM
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Doctors provide a diagnosis. Idiots provide theories.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | January 6, 2019 7:32 AM
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Let me preface this first by saying you’re a total fuckwit. That being said, you’re a fuckwit who is completely wrong. Now please go away with your erroneous assumptions and conclusions based on nothing.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | January 6, 2019 7:48 AM
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r2 called it: someone’s projecting!
by Anonymous | reply 7 | January 6, 2019 9:13 AM
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I'll just step right in here and tell OP that I am gay and the only non-narcissist in a family of diagnosed narcissists.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | January 6, 2019 9:19 AM
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I wanted to get girls so I became gay and now I get even fewer girls.
L-logic.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | January 6, 2019 9:26 AM
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OP, how do you explain me?
by Anonymous | reply 13 | January 8, 2019 9:37 PM
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There's an interesting discussion that could be had about this topic, but OP confused the fuck out of me.
I think most gay men actually suffer more from Peter Pan syndrome. Since most of our early lives were spent hiding who we really were, we have those big milestones late in life (first kiss, first fuck, first time falling in love, etc.) It does stunt us a bit emotionally. Narcissism can go hand in hand with Peter Pan syndrome, but not always. I know a lot of guys who never seem to want to grow up, but a simple slap into reality might persuade them to. I feel like, with a true narcissist, no slap into reality will work on them. They're not immature and in need of growing up, they're just emotional voids. They'll never be happy no matter what.
This is the tragedy of narcissism (and yes, I DO feel bad for them as monstrous as they might be). Unlike, say, bipolar disorder, there's nothing you can take to keep the symptoms at bay or even you out a bit. Talk therapy is probably the best option, but most narcissists never seem to think they have an issue. People keep disappearing from their lives and they never catch on that it's because of them and, if they do, it's too late. It's just a very, very sad disease.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | January 8, 2019 9:46 PM
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My besties bf has bpd, I’m pretty certain. It’s main symptom is fear of abandonment. He follows my friend whenever he goes to another room in their house. Would drive me crazy.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | January 8, 2019 10:17 PM
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Op, do you still have sexual relations with men? Have you ever been with a woman?
by Anonymous | reply 16 | January 8, 2019 10:26 PM
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I became bi because bis and gays were the most glamorous boys on campus and I had no identity, no soul, and a pretty face and huge cock so it was easy. Then I became Zoarastian, and then I was a intergalactic spirit traveller and shop bottom, and then I was a private banker and an elegant vegetarian summer aspic.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | January 8, 2019 10:39 PM
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R16, I’ve never had sex with a girl. I’ve hooked up with several guys, I prefer the smooth young twinks, but I’ve still never had anal. I can’t find a gay that’s good relationship material for me. I’ve never orgasmed with a guy. I’d like to try having sex with a girl. But I’m too picky and just don’t have much of a personality that girls like. It’s not for lack of physical attraction, I’m in great shape, I work out, and I look like the love child of River and Keanu.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | January 9, 2019 12:09 AM
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I see myself as a building. My mind is the office where the work gets done. There's a nightclub in the basement when I need some fun. And in the penthouse later that's where the magic happens!
There's a real purity to my work. A childish innocence. But I'm also smart and sophisticated. I mean I grew up on the street. Sometimes I think I'm a simple folksinger. Other times a scary witch diva, What can I tell you? I'm an artist.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | January 9, 2019 12:14 AM
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OP, I think you're just trolling or genuinely ignorant. Even the way the heading is posted, tries to insinuate that a serious mental health condition is an inherent part of being gay/lesbian.
You're filth.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | January 9, 2019 12:22 AM
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Who the fuck keeps starting these homophobic threads??
by Anonymous | reply 21 | January 9, 2019 12:27 AM
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Hey, L!pst!ck All3y troll!
by Anonymous | reply 22 | January 9, 2019 12:33 AM
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OP, you have to remember that bottoms have the same desire to court male sexual attention as women, but combined with male socialization.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | January 9, 2019 12:49 AM
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Wow - Trump is getting more desperate with his projecting. Who knew he came to DL?
by Anonymous | reply 24 | January 9, 2019 12:54 AM
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This thread opener is a synergy between amateur psychology and homophobic trolling.Shame on you OP.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | January 9, 2019 1:59 AM
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That’s not a theory: it’s an opinion.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | January 9, 2019 2:03 AM
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