This seems to be the key to our determination to have children:
To experience the unconditional love that we received from our mothers, this intoxicating feeling of being loved without caveats, for what we are, with no limits, reservations, or calculations. This is the most powerful, crystallized source of Narcissistic supply. It nourishes our self-love, self worth and self-confidence. It infuses us with feelings of omnipotence and omniscience. In these, and other respects, it is a return to infancy.
Narcissists, Inverted Narcissists and Schizoids
By: Dr. Sam Vaknin
Question:
Are narcissists also schizoids?
Answer:
This is the definition of the Schizoid Personality Disorder (SPD) in the DSM-IV-TR [2000]:
A. A pervasive pattern of detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of expression of emotions in interpersonal settings, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by four (or more) of the following:
* Neither desires nor enjoys close relationships, including being part of a family;