Hi Tommaso, thanks for link. I was looking at this myself recently, a pundit described Clinton as suffering from narcissistic personality disorder and the definition sounded like my ex-partner. However, after I read the definition, neither would actually qualify, because each was fairly flexible, just had narcissistic tendencies, I would say. I gather that DSM does not define personality-type behavior as a disorder unless the behavior is fairly inflexible.
Coincidentally, or not, I permanently alienated said former partner by sending him an insulting e-mail, a "flame". I was surprised at how extreme his reaction was, we had said far worse things to each other face to face, and on the telephone, but the e-mail really flipped him out. I think it has something to do with the privacy and intimacy of our relationships with our personal computers. Also, no context, so no clues to the other person's intention from tone, gesture, other nuances. Although that isn't any different from letters, in my opinion. Why do computer flames make people madder than face-to-face insults? You'd think it would be the other way round.
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