The ego from sociopaths, psychopaths and narcissists
The narcissist The narcissist has an inflated ego, this inflated ego is built through the narcissistic supply, which is all the positive or negative emotional reactions the narcissist gets from his victims. This ego makes him believe he is above other people, it makes him feel omnipotent, special and unique, he feels like a god. When the narcissist devalues his victims and he uses different abusive tactics such as the intermittent reinforcement or the silent treatment, all this feeds his ego and he gets narcissistic supply, he feels powerful and in control. The narcissist needs constantly narcissistic supply to reinforce his ego through the positive or negative reactions from his victims, this is the only way he can survive in this world. He needs to provokate constantly emotional reactions to his partner, family, friends, coworkers, children, strangers , etc , to maintain his false image, that image he has created (the neglected child) or the image his parents, mother or ...