The destruction of time in pathological narcissism.
This paper describes the characteristics of subjective time (in contrast to objective time), with particular reference to a specific form of pathological experience and relation to the passage of time in patients with narcissistic personality undergoing psychoanalytic treatment. The clinical manifestations and technical approach to this pathology of time experience are outlined in the context of illustrative clinical vignettes.
Kernberg
Otto F
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New York Presbyterian Hospital, 21 Bloomingdale Road, White Plains, NY 10605, USA. okernber@med.cornell.edu
D006801:Humans; D009289:Narcissism; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D012649:Self Concept; D013998:Time Perception