From: Paul Schmehl (paulsutdallas.edu)
Date: Wed Apr 02 2008 - 23:40:53 CDT

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--On April 3, 2008 12:27:35 AM -0400 Mary Landesman <mlandebellsouth.net>
wrote:

> Referring to oneself in the third person can be a symptom of identity
> confusion or identity alteration, a subset or trait of dissociation. In
> ancient times, it was referred to as demonic possession.
>
> Self-objectification is also a trait of narcissism, perhaps because
> narcissists love and feel empowered by (possession of) objects. And what
> better object for a narcissist to love than themselves, objectified?
> Other traits associated with narcissism are bragging, attention-seeking,
> delusions of grandeur, etc. In modern times, I believe it is sometimes
> referred to as being a bore.
>

Or boring a bee?

Paul Schmehl (paulsutdallas.edu)
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/

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