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"The opening psychic often falls prey to ego when it is assumed that only he/she can 'see' or 'heal,'..."<ref>Stevens, Petey. Opening up to Your Psychic Self. Nevertheless Press, 1983. p. ix.</ref>
"The opening psychic often falls prey to ego when it is assumed that only he/she can 'see' or 'heal,'..."<ref>Stevens, Petey. Opening up to Your Psychic Self. Nevertheless Press, 1983. p. ix.</ref>
When speaking about the significance and reality of mental influence over a distance, one researcher, Jule Eisenbud, U.S. psychiatrist, noted that his success at the experiments has "triggered infantile desires for power, for omnipotence, for control over others..." <ref>Vasiliev, L.L. Experiments in Mental Suggestion. Vol. 22. Hampton Roads: Charlottesville, 1963. p. x.</ref>


Ego inflation contributes to and exacerbates already existing narcissism, sometimes to the point of psychosis.
Ego inflation contributes to and exacerbates already existing narcissism, sometimes to the point of psychosis.

Revision as of 23:23, 7 April 2020

Ego Inflation is the over-inflation of the Bodily Ego that occurs when a damaged Bodily Ego with unmet love and self-esteem needs make a strong connection. Ego inflation is a Connection Pathology.

Connection Pathologies

Connection Pathology > Communication Error, Connection Psychosis, Constricted Connection, Ego Inflation, Egoic Collapse, Egoic Explosion, Flooding, Gurutitus, Majdhub, Spiritual Emergency

Related Terms

Ego Inflation >

Notes

"The opening psychic often falls prey to ego when it is assumed that only he/she can 'see' or 'heal,'..."[1]

When speaking about the significance and reality of mental influence over a distance, one researcher, Jule Eisenbud, U.S. psychiatrist, noted that his success at the experiments has "triggered infantile desires for power, for omnipotence, for control over others..." [2]

Ego inflation contributes to and exacerbates already existing narcissism, sometimes to the point of psychosis.

Ego inflation exacerbates the Dunning-Kruger effect.

Footnotes

  1. Stevens, Petey. Opening up to Your Psychic Self. Nevertheless Press, 1983. p. ix.
  2. Vasiliev, L.L. Experiments in Mental Suggestion. Vol. 22. Hampton Roads: Charlottesville, 1963. p. x.