Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) : How to Recognize a Narcissist

[Baobab]

http://www.halcyon.com/jmashmun/npd/

[CompanyFirstSergeant]

1. I've met them...

...the most important thing to look for is that they are always passing judgment on everyone else, and positioning themselves as somehow superior to others.

They also like walking around naked a lot.

[LiberalArkie]

2. Thank you

A rabbit is in a forest typing his life story. A fox comes along and says, "What are you doing, rabbit?" The rabbit says that he's typing his life story. The fox doesn't believe it, so the rabbit says, "Come in here to the cave, and I'll show you the beginning of it." So the fox goes in, and a few minutes later the rabbit comes out brushing his whiskers.

Then a wolf comes along and asks what the rabbit is doing. He doesn't believe the rabbit either. So the rabbit says again, "Come on in my cave, and I'll show you the beginning of it." So the wolf goes in, and the rabbit comes out ten minutes later, brushing his whiskers.

Then a bear comes along and asks what the rabbit is doing. He doesn't believe the rabbit either, so the rabbit takes him into the cave. Ten minutes later out come a lion and a rabbit.

The moral is this: It doesn't matter so much what life story you think you're writing, it's who your collaborators are.

[From "Forces in Human Development", a speech by Dr. Jerome Kagan.]

[msongs]

3. watch bernie sanders. there is one nt

[YOHABLO]

5. WTF? That's ridiculous.

[meow2u3]

4. Narcissistic traits

http://www.halcyon.com/jmashmun/npd/traits.html

The following are my own words:
- They can dish it out but can't take it.
- They don't have a mature conscience. If narcissists can get away with something, they'll keep doing things that are wrong. The only thing that stops a narcissist from doing wrong is the threat of immediate punishment or damage to their reputation.
- Narcissists have no real sense of humor. They can neither dish out nor take a joke, except if the "joke" they dish out is scoffing disguised as humor.
- Narcissists are authoritarians in spades. They're quick to punch down--the more vulnerable the person, the more they're a target for the narcissist's contempt, while they suck up to untrustworthy authority figures.