We know with narcissists that their greatest driver is to get narcissistic supply – meaning the energy, attention or acclaim that can momentarily grant them enough significance to escape themselves.
What this means is the narcissist’s dependence on narcissistic supply is no different from any other junkie, ‘grant me a self-medication that takes me away for a time beyond my screaming unmet unhealed inner emotional wounds.’
Consummation is a very powerful way for a narcissist to do this because that grants the ability to obtain energy, life force, and copious amounts of attention from another.
