Narcissistic Personality Disorder

I've decided to blog about people I know with personality disorders. It's a cheap and fun way to entertain myself. I am hopeful that some of these people will recognize themselves in these paragraphs, and get some much needed psychotherapy. Nice people like me, and probably you, shouldn't have to keep putting up with these train wrecks.

I do not intend to be subtle. Subtlety on a person with a personality disorder never works.

So.....even though I will change names to protect the emotionally impaired, it shouldn't be too hard for anyone to figure out who I'm talking about. If you recognize yourself here, GOOD. GET SOME HELP and stop your maddening behavior. No one likes you but you.

Overview of Narcissistic personality disorder:

A condition in which there is an inflated sense of self-importance and an extreme preoccupation with one's self.

Symptoms of Narcissistic personality disorder:

*Reacts to criticism with rage, shame or humiliation.

*Takes advantage of other people to achieve his or her own goals.

*Has feelings of self-importance.

*Exaggerates achievements and talents.

*Is preoccupied with fantasies of success, power, beauty, intelligence, or ideal love.

*Has unreasonable expectations of favorable treatment.

*Requires constant attention and admiration.

*Disregards the feelings of others and lacks empathy.

*Has obsessive self-interest.

*Pursues mainly selfish goals.



If you have an insufferable friend who honestly believes they are better than everyone else, please direct them to this blog.

Things to know about people with personality disorders:

1. If they don't get what they want, there will be hell to pay.

2. They don't like honest people. Of course, who does? Most people are perpetuating one sort of lie or another. The problem is, the more honest a person is, the easier it is for them to spot a liar. Narcissists, by their very nature, are huge liars.

3. A narcissist will go to unbelievable lengths to promote an image that has nothing to do with reality; to the point it becomes their reality. Therefore, narcissists can't be honest or open with anyone with any consistency. Lying, even just to oneself, takes an enormous amount of planning, energy and manipulation. Generally, these people wake up exhausted one day, and can't figure out why they're all alone.

4. Narcissists take. They take the lion's share. They steal the thunder. They take and take and take, hands reaching and grasping all the time. They do believe they deserve more than anyone else. Though they are capable of giving, they do it with clenched teeth and they don't necessarily like it. Their gifts are always setups for some future taking event. Giving interferes with the taking, and taking is the nature.

5. Don't feel bad if you forget to compliment a narcissist. They will get around to blowing their own horn. Always.

6. No matter how dismal a contribution a narcissist has made to life in general, in their opinion, no one has done more, done better or looked as good doing it.

7. A narcissist will spout off at the mouth about people, places and things they know absolutely nothing about. This is not coming from any knowledgeable base; a narcissist doesn't need to do research; no one could be more smart or more right. It is best not to invite them to parties where intellectuals are in attendance. Although they could provide entertainment fodder, they will hate you for life for putting them in a situation where they are asked to defend their ideas. They may be clever, but they just seem to lack that intelligent gene.

I'd write more about these people, but frankly, having had to suffer them at close range, I'm now closing this chapter and fervently praying I can avoid this personality disorder in the future.