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The term '[[narcissism]]' first appears in Freud's work in 1910.
[[Narcissism]] has both an [[eroticism|erotic]] and an [[aggressivity|aggressive]] character.
It is [[eroticism|erotic]] in that the [[subject]] is strongly attracted to the [[gestalt]] that is his [[image]].
[[Narcissism]] is the [[erotic]] attraction to the [[specular image]].
Ideally, the [[libido]] directs its [[energies]] to [[object]]s ("object-libido"), including eventually one's [[love]]-[[object]].
The [[libido]] can also attach itself to the [[ego]] ("ego-libido") to the [[exclusion]] of [[external]] [[object]]-[[cathexes]].
This situation leads, according to [[Freud]], to [[narcissistic]] [[behavior]] and to [[narcissistic]] [[neuroses]] such as megalomania.
