 My name is Zambaknin, and I'm the author of Malignance of Love, Narcissism Revisible. Somatic narcissists are often portrayed as sex addicts, or histrionic. But really, they derive their narcissistic supply not so much from the sex act as from the process of securing it, the conspiracies, the assignations, the chase and the conquest, the subjugation and habituation of their targets, and even from dumping and discarding their prey, once having extracted their attention and admiration they had sought. These extracurricular activities, the chase, the conspiracy, the assignation, these endow the somatic narcissist with a sense of omnipotence and all pervasive control. His sway over his paramours and would-be lovers proves to the somatic narcissist and to others that he is unique, desirable and irresistible. For 300 years, before the term narcissism for the word narcissism was coined by Sigma Freud, another great mind, William Shakespeare, has written Sonnet No. 62, which describes perfectly the somatic narcissist. Listen to this. Sin of self-love possesses all mine-eye, and all my soul, and all my every part. And for this sin there is no remedy, it is so grounded inward in my heart. Me thinks no face so gracious is as mine, no shape so true, no truth of such account, and for myself my own worth do define, and I, all other, in all worth, surmount. But when my glass shows me myself indeed, beated and chopped with tanned antiquity, my own self-love quite contrary, I read, so self-loving were iniquity, it is thee, myself, that for myself I praise, painting my age with beauty of thy days. Perfect. Shakespeare captured the essence of somatic narcissism, and narcissism in general, in this single sonic, better than a hundred scholars in a hundred voluminous, well-researched, deep academic tones. Narcissists are either cerebral or somatic, in other words they either generate the narcissistic supply by applying their bodies, or by applying their minds. The somatic narcissist flaunts his sexual conquests, parades his possessions, exhibits his muscles, brags about his physical aesthetics, or sexual prowess, or exploits, and is often a health freak, a bodybuilder, or a hypochondriac. The somatic narcissist regards his body as an object to be sculpted and honed via extreme diets, multiple cosmetic surgeries, bodybuilding, or weightlifting. When coupled with psychopathic tendencies, the somatic narcissist appropriates other people's bodies and treats these bodies as raw materials to be dismembered, tempered with, altered, invaded, or otherwise abused. Utilation is a hallmark of a somatic narcissist's sadistic and psychopathic behavior. The cerebral narcissist, on the other hand, is a no-it-all, he is haughty and kind of intelligent robot or computer, he uses his awesome intellect or knowledge, real or pretended sometimes, to secure adoration, adulation and admiration. To the cerebral narcissist, his body and its maintenance are a burden, a distraction. Both types, the somatic and the cerebral, are auto-erotic, psychosexually in love with themselves, with their own bodies, or with their brain. Both types prefer masturbation, to adult, mature, interactive, multi-dimensional, and emotion-laden sex, with an intimate partner. The cerebral narcissist is often celibate. Even when he has a girlfriend or a spouse, he usually abstains from sex. He prefers pornography, and sexual auto-stimulation to the ringling. This cerebral narcissist is sometimes elated, hidden, not yet altered, homosexual. The somatic narcissist uses other people's bodies to masturbate. Sex with the somatic narcissist, pyrotechnics and acrobatic society, is likely to be an impersonal and emotionally alienating and draining experience. The partner is often treated as an object, an extension of the somatic narcissist, a kind of toy, a warm and pulsating vibrator. It is a mistake to assume type constancy. In other words, all narcissists are both cerebral and somatic. In each narcissist, one of the types is dominant, so the narcissist is either of a overwhelmingly cerebral or dominantly somatic. But the other type, the recessive type, the type that manifests less frequently, is there. It is lurking, it is waiting to erupt. The narcissist swings between his dominant type and his recessive type. The recessive type is expressed mainly as a result of and following a major narcissistic injury or a substantial life crisis. So cerebral narcissists and somatic narcissists are two sides of the same cone. This is never to be forgotten. The narcissist will always astound you with his sudden, pendular shifts between two personalities Mr. Treacle and the Dr. Hunt.