https://padlet.com/kdawson110/769lrb1k667k Made with an aura of mystery en-us 2019-03-19 08:07:22 UTC 2023-04-15 13:15:26 UTC hello@padlet.com kdawson110 https://padlet.com/kdawson110/769lrb1k667k/wish/342726008 NPD is a personality disorder where someone has an inflated sense of their own importance, a need for excessive attention/admiration, troubled relationships with others, and a lack of empathy for others.
People with this disorder can be unhappy if they're not given the admiration they believe they deserve. Others may not enjoy being around someone with this disorder.]]> 2019-03-19 08:12:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kdawson110/769lrb1k667k/wish/342726008 kdawson110 https://padlet.com/kdawson110/769lrb1k667k/wish/342731169

Have an exaggerated sense of self-importance

Have a sense of entitlement and require constant, excessive admiration

Expect to be recognized as superior even without achievements that warrant it

Exaggerate achievements and talents

Be preoccupied with fantasies about success, power, brilliance, beauty or the perfect mate

Believe they are superior and can only associate with equally special people

Monopolize conversations and belittle or look down on people they perceive as inferior

Expect special favors and unquestioning compliance with their expectations

Take advantage of others to get what they want

Have an inability or unwillingness to recognize the needs and feelings of others

Be envious of others and believe others envy them

Behave in an arrogant manner, coming across as conceited, boastful and pretentious

Insist on having the best of everything

]]> 2019-03-19 08:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kdawson110/769lrb1k667k/wish/342731169 kdawson110 https://padlet.com/kdawson110/769lrb1k667k/wish/342731843 NPD's direct cause is unknown, but there are many risk factors. It can stem from insensitive parenting, abuse, over-praising from parents, negligent care, excessive criticism, trauma, or extremely high expectations. Other possible factors are physiological such as abnormal genes that affect the connection between the brain and behavior.]]> 2019-03-19 08:27:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kdawson110/769lrb1k667k/wish/342731843 kdawson110 https://padlet.com/kdawson110/769lrb1k667k/wish/342733052 Narcissism affects more males than females and a lot of times it begins in the teens or early adulthood. About 6.2% of the US population has NPD. It's pretty evenly distributed among races. NPD was significantly more prevalent among younger adults, and separated/divorced/widowed and never married adults. NPD was associated with mental disability among men but not women.]]> 2019-03-19 08:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kdawson110/769lrb1k667k/wish/342733052 kdawson110 https://padlet.com/kdawson110/769lrb1k667k/wish/342736920  “I have low self-esteem and low self-image stemming from not being given adequate (or being given too much irrational) attention from my parents as a child. I have, as a defence mechanism, cultivated an artificial persona that makes me look more intelligent and more important than I really am — and I need YOU, my lowly co-dependent, to provide me the validation I need so I can feel better about myself. And I ALWAYS need to feel better about myself. If you don’t give me the validation I need, I will coldly manipulate and gaslight it out of you.”

“Narcissus weeps to find that his Image does not return his love.” ~ Mason Cooley]]> 2019-03-19 08:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kdawson110/769lrb1k667k/wish/342736920 kdawson110 https://padlet.com/kdawson110/769lrb1k667k/wish/342738472 2019-03-19 08:57:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kdawson110/769lrb1k667k/wish/342738472