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> He acts like a-hole, but then expects unquestioning adoration.

Very typical narcissistic personality disorder symptoms. Narcissists are made not born, by other narcissists, thru treatment that is dehumanizing and inhumane from a very young age. We should give him our compassion and empathy, but not allow him any power. Power in the hands of a narcissist is dangerous, as the orange man showed us.

>>whodun+(OP)
> but not allow him any power

Agree, but I mean, how do you do that?

>>Eddy_V+H
Walk away. Let Twitter fail. If you stick with someone who abuses power you reward the behavior.

>>whodun+y5
Too many people in power wouldn’t like to see him fail, as it would reflect badly on their own opinions.

Walking away isn’t enough.

>>whodun+(OP)
Not going to take a position on the latest Twitter drama; just want to point something out:

>Narcissists are made not born

I have a background in abnormal psychology and this is false. Narcissists are either born or the behavioural disorder forms in very early childhood. I'm on mobile right now but will find a source and come back to edit this reply.

Again, not taking sides or even care much about the Twitter thing. Just wanted to point that misconception out.

>>Method+Eq
“Narcissistic features can come from childhood environ­ments characterized by excessive deviations from ideal rearing, where either neglect/abuse (not enough caring attention) or over-pampering (too much caring attention) is present (Stone, 1993).”

https://estd.org/narcissism-consequence-trauma-and-early-exp...

“Narcissism tends to emerge as a psychological defence in response to excessive levels of parental criticism, abuse or neglect in early life. Narcissistic personalities tend to be formed by emotional injury as a result of overwhelming shame, loss or deprivation during childhood.“

https://www.farahtherapycentre.co.uk/blog/narcissism-and-the...

>>whodun+(OP)
The mayo clinic states:

> Causes It's not known what causes narcissistic personality disorder. The cause is likely complex. Narcissistic personality disorder may be linked to:

> Environment — parent-child relationships with either too much adoration or too much criticism that don't match the child's actual experiences and achievements. > Genetics — inherited characteristics, such as certain personality traits. > Neurobiology — the connection between the brain and behavior and thinking.

There could be a relationship between neglectful parenting and narcissistic personality disorder, but I definitely agree with the other person who replied to you — at the very least, it’s disingenuous and misleading to present the cause concretely and unambiguously as “bad parenting”. We really know so little about most mental health conditions.