Narcissist is an overused term to describe inconsiderate people..

There is a difference between having a personality disorder and having faults. Anyone can display signs of being a narcissist as most people crave attention and admiration... a lot of people put their own needs before the needs of others.

You ever read those Facebook posts saying "he's a narcissist if he doesn't buy you flowers and criticises you"? Something along those lines...

The truth is most people are on the spectrum to varying degrees and behaviours displayed by narcissists, sociopaths, psychopaths etc are to much more of an extreme than say an asshole or a thoughtless person.

There's also this notion that these people hide behind masks, probably I mean we all hide behind masks to some degree we do it to preserve ourselves it is rare that anyone is completely honest.

So how do you find out who is a narcissist, a sociopath, a psychopath? Get close to them is your best bet because like most people they often reveal more about themselves to people they know however this isn't guaraunteed.

Miram · 31-35, F Best Comment

I agree with this to an extent.

We crave to understand why we're hurt to the point that we just can't accept evil is a segment of our nature and the capacity doesn't need a co-existing mental illness, not even mental unwellness. Some of the most horrific acts are done by the sane.

That capacity and those traits are within all of us. If there is a spectrum, it is a spectrum within another bigger spectrum and overlapping with several others. The capacity exists beyond one spectrum, all over, and beyond PD.