Notes from here.
“…the clinical definition of narcissistic personality disorder.”
- An exaggerated sense of self-importance.
- An unwarranted belief in your own superiority.
- A preoccupation with fantasies of your own success, power and brilliance.
- A craving for constant admiration.
- A consuming sense of entitlement.
- An expectation of special favors and unquestioning compliance.
- A penchant for exploiting or disparaging others.
- A total inability to recognize the needs of anyone else.
- An incapacity to see those you meet as separate human beings.
- An unreasoning fury at people you perceive as thwarting your wishes or desires.
- A tendency to act on impulse.
- A superficial charm deployed to disguise a gift for manipulation.
- A need to always be right.
- A refusal to acknowledge error.
- An inability to tolerate criticism or critics.
- A compulsion to conform your ever – shifting sense of “reality” to satisfy your inner requirements.
- A tendency to lie so frequently and routinely that objective truth loses all meaning.
- A belief that you are above the rules.
- An array of inconsistent statements and behaviors driven by your needs in the moment.
- An inability to assess the consequences of your actions in new or complex situations.