Narcissists… are everywhere. These charming chameleons can sweep you off your feet and then destroy you as if you are garbage.
Every single day thousands of hearts get broken by narcissists and their mean ways. This article covers everything you need to know about them so that you can protect yourself. What Is Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a mental condition in which the person with NPD has an inflated or grandiose sense of self-importance, fantasies of unlimited power and success, needing excessive validation and admiration, feeling unique and special, having a sense of entitlement, showing exploitative behavior in relationships, lack of compassion and empathy, envy, and being perceived as arrogant.
Of course, not all of the aforementioned characteristics are necessary for diagnosing a person with NPD. However, versions of these symptoms can be seen in people with NPD throughout their childhood and adolescence.(1) What Causes Narcissism? When we think about narcissists and narcissism, it is vital to know that the characteristics that label someone as a narcissist are also a part of normal human development.
In other words, we can definitely expect some narcissistic traits in a person during their childhood and adolescence. One of the problems with the diagnosis of NPD is that we don’t have an exact and clear definition of what exactly NPD is.