Freud's Concept of Narcissism and Mourning (Essay Sample)

Freud's Concept of Narcissism and Mourning
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Freud's Concept of Narcissism and Mourning
The term narcissism is defined as the value of adoration that people accord themselves with being tools of sexual desire. Freud, a Greek mythologist, postulated narcissism as a factor that causes people to have affection towards a specific object. The word narcissism emanated from Greek mythology, where the junior Narcissus became affectionate (fell in love) to his image, which was reflected in a pool of water (Sandler, Person, and Fonagy, 2018).   Narcissism is often considered a cultural or social problem.
Self-love and Sex-drive
In his narcissistic work, Freud speculated that different forces drive people. First, people are driven by the need to self-preserve. Secondly, people are guided by the need to procreate (sex drive). Both Self-love and Sex-drive are usually the same at a tender age, and no apparent difference can be noted between the two. In essence, the more libido