http://samvak.tripod.com/faq66.htmlThere are, therefore, three "basic" types of narcissists:
The offspring of neglecting parents – They default to narcissism as the predominant object relation (with themselves as the exclusive love object).
The offspring of doting or domineering parents (often narcissists themselves) – They internalise their parents' voices in the form of a sadistic, ideal, immature Superego and spend their lives trying to be perfect, omnipotent, omniscient and to be judged "a success" by these parent-images and their later representations and substitutes (authority figures).
The offspring of abusive parents – They internalise the abusing, demeaning and contemptuous voices and spend their lives in an effort to elicit "counter-voices" from other people and thus to regulate their labile self-esteem and sense of self-worth.
