Otherwise, he dare not face reality. He escapes to the land of no narratives where life is nothing but a parched stretch of desert to be dispensed with as soon as possible. The Narcissist whiles his life away. The more conflict between grandiosity and reality, the bigger the gap. The patient feels pathetic and foolish, deserving of mockery and humiliation.
Narcissists adopt all kinds of defenses to counter narcissistic shame.
They develop addictive or impulsive behaviors. They display haughtiness and exhibitionism and so on. The second type of shame is Self-related Shame. A Moral Agent assumes, similarly, that it has control over certain aspects of the world. Guilt Feelings are composed of a component of Fear and a component of Anxiety.