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xssve -> RE: Are doms/dommes just narcisstic? (4/29/2011 9:43:35 PM)
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It's a narcissistic culture, and everybody is pretty much a narcissist to some degree, most outgrow it or learn to control it as it's a psychological and not a neurological condition, but mediating it does mean you have to take into consideration the needs of someone besides yourself, which one tends to be forced to do to at least some degree in the average interpersonal relationship.
Since pathological narcissism is characterized by alternating bouts of self aggrandizement and often crippling self doubt - narcissists often self-sabotage, the whole syndrome essentially the result of unrealistically high self-idealization (superego), i.e., basically unattainable, thus the self doubt at being unable to live up to delusionally high standards - it would seem to be pretty much role neutral, i.e., it's as likely to afflict a submissive as a dominant, i.e., submissives often seek validation through submission - again, it's really not a huge problem unless it's patently self destructive, or destructive of others - nobody's perfect, that's the whole point.
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