Narcissistic personality disorder is characterized by extreme focus on oneself, and is a maladaptive, rigid, and persistent condition that may cause significant distress and functional impairment. People who are overly narcissistic commonly feel rejected, humiliated and threatened when criticized. To protect themselves from these dangers, they often react with disdain, rage, and/or defiance to any slight, real or imagined.
To the extent that people are pathologically narcissistic, they can be controlling, blaming, self-absorbed, intolerant of others’ views, unaware of other’s needs and of the effects of their behavior on others, and insistent that others see them as they wish to be seen. The interpersonal relationships of patients with NPD are typically impaired due to the individual's lack of empathy, disregard for others, exploitativeness and constant need for attention. They frequently select as mates, and engender in their children, If they like any think they will get that because they like it, no matter whether it damages some one else’s rights or not.
As opposed to patients with the Borderline Personality Disorder, the self-image of the narcissist is stable, he or she are less impulsive and less self-defeating or self-destructive and less concerned with abandonment issues.
To the extent that people are pathologically narcissistic, they can be controlling, blaming, self-absorbed, intolerant of others’ views, unaware of other’s needs and of the effects of their behavior on others, and insistent that others see them as they wish to be seen. The interpersonal relationships of patients with NPD are typically impaired due to the individual's lack of empathy, disregard for others, exploitativeness and constant need for attention. They frequently select as mates, and engender in their children, If they like any think they will get that because they like it, no matter whether it damages some one else’s rights or not.
As opposed to patients with the Borderline Personality Disorder, the self-image of the narcissist is stable, he or she are less impulsive and less self-defeating or self-destructive and less concerned with abandonment issues.
Main characteristics of Narcissistic Personality
- Overlaps with Anti Social Personality Disorder:Some times narcissists appear as Anti Social Personality Disorder as narcissists also do not count and regard other individual’s rights, emotions and feelings. Have a tendency to exploit others.
- Extreme extension of personal boundaries:Narcissists do not have set and defined boundaries like other normal human beings rather they have very vast and extended boundaries of conduct.
> So have a tendency as to engulf /absorb/ swallow everyone else
> Intense self-love (only “I” am important and fulfillment of “my” needs is essential. > May be caused by excessive spoiling but no real affection. Like father buy a fifty thousand mobile for his child but do not spare few hours for him and do not give him the true love and attention. So absence of real and true parental love and affection can cause Narcissist personality disorder.
