The highlight of this week’s symposium was, yet again, the never ending clash between Adrian and Betty and the awkward, inappropriate examples from Adrian. Both which are very entertaining. Things that stood out for me during discussion was the different definitions or interpretations of narcissism. Betty relates it to the idea of self image, and projecting an image of our identity while Adrian argues that it has more to do with perfection. To me, the idea of perfection is closer to self love and confidence, where as projecting one’s image seem to imply a lack of internal confidence and is more associated with self-consciousness. This is generally triggered by more negative feelings towards ones self image. We are aware of our selves, our image because we may not necessarily have the confidence to not worry about it. More over, it implies that we are not perfect, which is quite the opposite to self love. It all depends on which approach we take initially, whether it is psychoanalysis or philosophical or social.