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What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
Narcissistic personality disorder is characterized by a pervasive pattern of grandiosity in fantasy or behavior, an extreme need for admiration, and a marked lack of empathy. The disorder usually begins by early adulthood and presents a variety of...
Understanding Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Pathological narcissism pervades every facet of the personality, every behavior, every cognition, and every emotion. This makes it difficult to treat. Add to this the narcissist's unthinking and deeply-ingrained resistance to authority figures, such...
Whistling in the Dark
The narcissist often strikes people as "laid back"--or, less charitably: lazy, parasitic, spoiled, and self-indulgent. But, as usual with narcissists, appearances deceive. Narcissists are either compulsively driven over-achievers--or chronic under-...
The Energy of Self
The personality is not a static structure which immutably permeates our being. It is a dynamic, on-going, process. It is a series of cognitive and emotional interactions compounded by extraneous input and endogenous feedback. It is ever-evolving,...