‘For as rigidly constricted as the narcissist’s character structure is, their fabricated, super-sized “false self” still requires the assistance of others to remain securely (though artificially) inflated.
That’s so, so true.
Bamber needs his supporters, but not for the reason they think. He knows he doesn’t have a hope in hell of ever being released, so he relies on his fawning supporters to entertain him. Besides alleviating his boredom and dull rigid routine, he gets little ego massages when he receives his “fan mail” and updates from his most devoted campaigners, who he really can’t stand but they feed his ego, and beggars can’t be choosers...
He sets them tasks, and off they trot doing as they’re instructed. Then they report back, having printed off all the hard work they’ve done for him, all the long thought out letters they’ve sent to MP’s, police, lawyers etc; printing off all the online replies he’s received to his social media accounts, blogs, campaign pages, everything that names HIM. He loves to see his name circulated, he loves the limelight, and must have felt flat when WhiteHouseFarm ended and people forgot all about him again and no longer mentioned him on Twitter.
Actually, what would really drive him to distraction is if no-one ever discussed him again.