The subject of narcissism began to be discussed as a psychological pathology since the years of 1909, when Sigmund Freud, known as the father of psychology, used the term in a meeting of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society, where in a verbal conversation he exclaimed that narcissism it is between autoeroticism and self-love. From now on, the term has already been used in an important evolutionary level of psychoanalysis of the human being and Freud in his three essays, speaks of this sexual theory being highly recognized, one of them published in the year 1914, called Introduction to Narcissism; being one of the most important writings and one of the most read since the time.
Being narcissistic is attributed to a series of behaviors, such as adoration or indulgence, caresses, pampering, treatment that is given to his own body as a sexual object, achieving complete satisfaction and gratification of himself. This behavior is considered a perversion or personality disorder and can occur in different stages, which from childhood, in some cases are already deeply rooted in the individual.
The tendency of narcissism goes from taking advantage of others for their benefit, the extreme sense of self-importance emphasizing in an excessive way their achievements, vanity and beauty about the image they have about themselves, praising their performance capacities, feeling unique and original, for the sole purpose of being adored by others if possible; demanding full attention, without empathy and frequently experiencing envy about the success of others, arrogance, acute selfishness, low self-esteem and arrogance top the list of these attitudes, feeling anger at a bad criticism towards his person.
Mythologically speaking we find Narcissus, in his Greek versions; that speaks of a nymph named Echo who falls madly in love with him and he rejected her very cruelly, in the Roman it is mentioned that a young man loved narcissus which he, insensibly rejected, urging him to die under his own sword, and the romantic They explain that he was a very beautiful being, but with his pride and arrogance he rejected many suitors, causing pain and sadness for unrequited love, thus being punished by falling in love with himself by looking at his reflection in a pond, being subjugated by being that reflected the waters, without being able to touch it. He died wanting the love of his own reflection, thus becoming a narcissus flower that recalls the story of a being tormented by his beauty.
