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Narcissistic disorder
I'm quite positive that a friend of mine has narcissistic disorder. He'd never admit to it if I brought it up, but it would explain a hell of a lot about his personality and behaviour. It's putting quite a strain on my friendship with him and I'm really finding it quite difficult to deal with with his eccentricities, if you like, without resenting him.
I'd like to know more about narcissistic disorder; your thoughts on it, certain symptoms, people you know with it and coping with people who you know with it.
I'd like to know more about narcissistic disorder; your thoughts on it, certain symptoms, people you know with it and coping with people who you know with it.
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there are several signs to narcism
amoral/conscienceless
authoritarian
care only about appearances
contemptuous
critical of others
cruel
disappointing gift-givers
don't recognize own feelings
envious and competitive
feel entitled
flirtatious or seductive
grandiose
hard to have a good time with
hate to live alone
hyper-sensitive to criticism
impulsive
lack sense of humor
naive
passive
pessimistic
religious
secretive
self-contradictory
stingy
strange work habits
unusual eating habits
weird sense of time
funilly enough everybody shows some signs in thier personality but i think (i could be wrong) if you have seven or more you have narcisstic disorder. Of course these signs have to be very much and powerfully in evidence
amoral/conscienceless
authoritarian
care only about appearances
contemptuous
critical of others
cruel
disappointing gift-givers
don't recognize own feelings
envious and competitive
feel entitled
flirtatious or seductive
grandiose
hard to have a good time with
hate to live alone
hyper-sensitive to criticism
impulsive
lack sense of humor
naive
passive
pessimistic
religious
secretive
self-contradictory
stingy
strange work habits
unusual eating habits
weird sense of time
funilly enough everybody shows some signs in thier personality but i think (i could be wrong) if you have seven or more you have narcisstic disorder. Of course these signs have to be very much and powerfully in evidence
Cadre_Of_Storms
there are several signs to narcism
amoral/conscienceless
authoritarian
care only about appearances
contemptuous
critical of others
cruel
disappointing gift-givers
don't recognize own feelings
envious and competitive
feel entitled
flirtatious or seductive
grandiose
hard to have a good time with
hate to live alone
hyper-sensitive to criticism
impulsive
lack sense of humor
naive
passive
pessimistic
religious
secretive
self-contradictory
stingy
strange work habits
unusual eating habits
weird sense of time
funilly enough everybody shows some signs in thier personality but i think (i could be wrong) if you have seven or more you have narcisstic disorder. Of course these signs have to be very much and powerfully in evidence
amoral/conscienceless
authoritarian
care only about appearances
contemptuous
critical of others
cruel
disappointing gift-givers
don't recognize own feelings
envious and competitive
feel entitled
flirtatious or seductive
grandiose
hard to have a good time with
hate to live alone
hyper-sensitive to criticism
impulsive
lack sense of humor
naive
passive
pessimistic
religious
secretive
self-contradictory
stingy
strange work habits
unusual eating habits
weird sense of time
funilly enough everybody shows some signs in thier personality but i think (i could be wrong) if you have seven or more you have narcisstic disorder. Of course these signs have to be very much and powerfully in evidence
Well, I've highlighted the ones on the list which are highly relevant with regard to my friend; a couple of the areas I didn't even know had anything to do with NPD until now. You've further strengthened my belief that he has NPD.
Don't jump the gun. Less than 1% of the population has the disorder, so the odds are stacked heavily against. Not to mention that aforementioned traits are, to be fair, easily applied to plenty of people.
Bah cummon, according to the list, if you're "religious" you're already 1/7th of the way to having narcissistic personality disorder...
He may well simply be a troubled teenager. Having a friend with hypochondriac tendencies wouldn't be helping, I'm sure.
Bah cummon, according to the list, if you're "religious" you're already 1/7th of the way to having narcissistic personality disorder...
He may well simply be a troubled teenager. Having a friend with hypochondriac tendencies wouldn't be helping, I'm sure.
Champagne-Dahling
Don't jump the gun. Less than 1% of the population has the disorder, so the odds are stacked heavily against. Not to mention that aforementioned traits are, to be fair, easily applied to plenty of people.
He may well simply be a troubled teenager. Having a friend with hypochondriac tendencies wouldn't be helping, I'm sure.
He may well simply be a troubled teenager. Having a friend with hypochondriac tendencies wouldn't be helping, I'm sure.
Hilarious. You'd probably chuck your champagne in his face, darling, if you had the misfortune of having to suffer him at his worst; I do not have hypochondriac tendencies, I have extremely good reasons to worry about him and even better reasons to just cease contact with him, as a lot of other people would have most certainly done. However, most people would have just dismissed him as a "psychopath" rather than actually working out what's wrong with him.
Maybe he's just a jerk.
What the hell?!
"Being a cock" now has a medical term?
"Being a cock" now has a medical term?
Threadstarter
Well, I've highlighted the ones on the list which are highly relevant with regard to my friend; a couple of the areas I didn't even know had anything to do with NPD until now. You've further strengthened my belief that he has NPD.
And these are the ones that apply to me, but I doubt I have it...I mean I'm just too damn great of a person.
Cadre_Of_Storms
amoral/conscienceless
authoritarian
care only about appearances
contemptuous
critical of others
cruel
disappointing gift-givers
don't recognize own feelings
envious and competitive
feel entitled
flirtatious or seductive
grandiose
hard to have a good time with
hate to live alone
hyper-sensitive to criticism
impulsive
lack sense of humor
naive
passive
pessimistic
religious
secretive
self-contradictory
stingy
strange work habits
unusual eating habits
weird sense of time
amoral/conscienceless
authoritarian
care only about appearances
contemptuous
critical of others
cruel
disappointing gift-givers
don't recognize own feelings
envious and competitive
feel entitled
flirtatious or seductive
grandiose
hard to have a good time with
hate to live alone
hyper-sensitive to criticism
impulsive
lack sense of humor
naive
passive
pessimistic
religious
secretive
self-contradictory
stingy
strange work habits
unusual eating habits
weird sense of time
Andy Spark
I mean I'm just too damn great of a person.
Heh.
Sorry, I don't think I've made it quite clear: there are normal levels of pretentiousness, vanity, oddities; and then there's someone who appears as a total nutcase because of a combination of these factors to abnormal levels. My friend can be grouped in the latter. It doesn't seem entirely unbelievable that he's one of the 1% with the disorder (whether that statistic is true or not); in fact, it makes him seem more normal to find a group for his truly bizarre personality.
swirl
Wow, this is actually recognised as an official disorder?!
Interesting.
Interesting.
No, you have to be extremely deficient in most categories. I hate when people assume it is just being 'arrogant'.
I am coming to grips with this, but still I will occasionally sack my therapist because a) I *know* that I know more about psychology than they do and b) They aren't as intelligent as me, and can't possibly cope with my complex personality.
I 100% mean it when I say it. I nearly killed someone at university because they told me that I wasn't qualified to skip subject prerequisites. I ended up just threatening to get them expelled from the university. I couldn't believe that he didn't understand how clearly superior to the vast majority of the university students I am.
I hold lifelong grudges against people who suggest i'm inadequate or stupid. I never forget when someone embarasses me and I actively try to destroy them in turn, even if they are family members.
jordanv
No, you have to be extremely deficient in most categories. I hate when people assume it is just being 'arrogant'.
I am coming to grips with this, but still I will occasionally sack my therapist because a) I *know* that I know more about psychology than they do and b) They aren't as intelligent as me, and can't possibly cope with my complex personality.
I 100% mean it when I say it. I nearly killed someone at university because they told me that I wasn't qualified to skip subject prerequisites. I ended up just threatening to get them expelled from the university. I couldn't believe that he didn't understand how clearly superior to the vast majority of the university students I am.
I hold lifelong grudges against people who suggest i'm inadequate or stupid. I never forget when someone embarasses me and I actively try to destroy them in turn, even if they are family members.
I am coming to grips with this, but still I will occasionally sack my therapist because a) I *know* that I know more about psychology than they do and b) They aren't as intelligent as me, and can't possibly cope with my complex personality.
I 100% mean it when I say it. I nearly killed someone at university because they told me that I wasn't qualified to skip subject prerequisites. I ended up just threatening to get them expelled from the university. I couldn't believe that he didn't understand how clearly superior to the vast majority of the university students I am.
I hold lifelong grudges against people who suggest i'm inadequate or stupid. I never forget when someone embarasses me and I actively try to destroy them in turn, even if they are family members.
Christ, you sound like a cock. I bet you're quite short, aren't you?
as i said we all have these tendancies in some shape or form, but for it to qualify you have them in very strong amounts.
jordanv
No, you have to be extremely deficient in most categories. I hate when people assume it is just being 'arrogant'.
I am coming to grips with this, but still I will occasionally sack my therapist because a) I *know* that I know more about psychology than they do and b) They aren't as intelligent as me, and can't possibly cope with my complex personality.
I 100% mean it when I say it. I nearly killed someone at university because they told me that I wasn't qualified to skip subject prerequisites. I ended up just threatening to get them expelled from the university. I couldn't believe that he didn't understand how clearly superior to the vast majority of the university students I am.
I hold lifelong grudges against people who suggest i'm inadequate or stupid. I never forget when someone embarasses me and I actively try to destroy them in turn, even if they are family members.
I am coming to grips with this, but still I will occasionally sack my therapist because a) I *know* that I know more about psychology than they do and b) They aren't as intelligent as me, and can't possibly cope with my complex personality.
I 100% mean it when I say it. I nearly killed someone at university because they told me that I wasn't qualified to skip subject prerequisites. I ended up just threatening to get them expelled from the university. I couldn't believe that he didn't understand how clearly superior to the vast majority of the university students I am.
I hold lifelong grudges against people who suggest i'm inadequate or stupid. I never forget when someone embarasses me and I actively try to destroy them in turn, even if they are family members.
Dude, if you KNOW you have NPD (and I don't know if this was another sarcastic post or a real-life admittance)...why claim to know that you know more about psychology than someone who has probably gone through hell to get a degree or at least training in the subject? I know it's about ego and stuff, but if you know you have this condition, why not try to accept that you think you know more than them BECAUSE you have the conditon they are trying their hardest to treat?
Thinking about it, this must be the hardest condition to treat because the patient will always think they are better than the therapist.
Andy Spark
I know it's about ego and stuff, but if you know you have this condition, why not try to accept that you think you know more than them BECAUSE you have the conditon they are trying their hardest to treat?
I think it's probably slightly more complicated than that. Try explaining to a schizophrenic that he or she has schizophrenia.
jordanv
No, you have to be extremely deficient in most categories. I hate when people assume it is just being 'arrogant'.
I am coming to grips with this, but still I will occasionally sack my therapist because a) I *know* that I know more about psychology than they do and b) They aren't as intelligent as me, and can't possibly cope with my complex personality.
I 100% mean it when I say it. I nearly killed someone at university because they told me that I wasn't qualified to skip subject prerequisites. I ended up just threatening to get them expelled from the university. I couldn't believe that he didn't understand how clearly superior to the vast majority of the university students I am.
I hold lifelong grudges against people who suggest i'm inadequate or stupid. I never forget when someone embarasses me and I actively try to destroy them in turn, even if they are family members.
I am coming to grips with this, but still I will occasionally sack my therapist because a) I *know* that I know more about psychology than they do and b) They aren't as intelligent as me, and can't possibly cope with my complex personality.
I 100% mean it when I say it. I nearly killed someone at university because they told me that I wasn't qualified to skip subject prerequisites. I ended up just threatening to get them expelled from the university. I couldn't believe that he didn't understand how clearly superior to the vast majority of the university students I am.
I hold lifelong grudges against people who suggest i'm inadequate or stupid. I never forget when someone embarasses me and I actively try to destroy them in turn, even if they are family members.
You sound like a less intelligent version of my friend.
Ywiss
I think it's probably slightly more complicated than that. Try explaining to a schizophrenic that he or she has schizophrenia.
I think it's probably slightly more complicated than that. Try explaining to a schizophrenic that he or she has schizophrenia.
Meh, true, but at least they might be 'slightly' more willing to listen to the therapist because they don't think the therapist is far too inferior to them.
Cadre_Of_Storms
there are several signs to narcism
amoral/conscienceless
authoritarian
care only about appearances
contemptuous
critical of others
cruel
disappointing gift-givers
don't recognize own feelings
envious and competitive
feel entitled
flirtatious or seductive
grandiose
hard to have a good time with
hate to live alone
hyper-sensitive to criticism
impulsive
lack sense of humor
naive
passive
pessimistic
religious
secretive
self-contradictory
stingy
strange work habits
unusual eating habits
weird sense of time
funilly enough everybody shows some signs in thier personality but i think (i could be wrong) if you have seven or more you have narcisstic disorder. Of course these signs have to be very much and powerfully in evidence
amoral/conscienceless
authoritarian
care only about appearances
contemptuous
critical of others
cruel
disappointing gift-givers
don't recognize own feelings
envious and competitive
feel entitled
flirtatious or seductive
grandiose
hard to have a good time with
hate to live alone
hyper-sensitive to criticism
impulsive
lack sense of humor
naive
passive
pessimistic
religious
secretive
self-contradictory
stingy
strange work habits
unusual eating habits
weird sense of time
funilly enough everybody shows some signs in thier personality but i think (i could be wrong) if you have seven or more you have narcisstic disorder. Of course these signs have to be very much and powerfully in evidence
In that case we all have narcisstic disorder.
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