Most people have heard of narcissisism but may not know that it is actually a mental illness. Below is s description of narcissistic personality disorder quoted from Google Health ( https://www.google.com/health/ref/Narcissistic+personality+disorder). A person with narcissistic personality disorder: Reacts to criticism with rage, shame, or humiliation Takes advantage of other people to achieve his or her ...
A few years ago, my uncle was clinically diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). Of course, this was a devastating shock to our family. We had so many questions. Is the disorder genetic? How can NPD be treated? What do we do now? Since my uncle’s diagnosis, I have gathered facts about this uncommon disorder ...
We all know people with Narcissistic tendencies. The ‘all about me’ person who can only talk about himself, his self-importance, his uniqueness, his me, me, me! Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a true mental diagnosis for people who need admiration, lack empathy and have a grandiose sense of their self-importance. It is called a pervasive pattern ...
Having a family member who is narcissistic can wreak havoc in your life, as well as the lives of your spouse, children, parents or other family members. The narcissistic family member makes no effort to tone down their grandiose sense of self-importance just because they are in the presence of family members; in fact, it ...
Pathological narcissism is a life-long pattern of traits and behaviours which signify infatuation and obsession with one’s self to the exclusion of all others and the egotistic and ruthless pursuit of one’s gratification, dominance and ambition. As distinct from healthy narcissism which we all possess, pathological narcissism is maladaptive, rigid, persisting, and causes significant distress, ...
You think you are in love. And you may well be. As the relationship progresses it becomes apparently clear to you that, unfortunately, the one you love is not reciprocating those feelings toward you. Your partner is, in fact, in love…only it’s with themselves. This can be very disheartening, especially after years of loyalty to ...
Narcissus was a handsome young man in Greek mythology whose self-love angered the gods. He was doomed to a life of staring at his own reflection in the water. He was so enamored with his reflection that he sat there and stared until he eventually died where he sat. The term narcissism was born from ...
The absence of identified illness does not guarantee health, happiness, success or satisfaction in life. The presence of it, however, can render any workplace intolerable. Most clinicians, in their day-to-day contact with people who come for help, hear a great deal about work problems. Rarely are the issues related to the specific type of work. ...
How many of us as adults are feeling the lingering effects of growing up trying to please and appease our self-absorbed parents? I’m talking about the realization as adults that our parents are not what we thought them to have been, and as a result, we are left to pull ourselves together to function as ...
