I been watching some videos on YouTube about narcissism

and about how narcissists NEED to have an enemy because its part of their narcissistic supply or something

But yeah, if this is true... it got me thinking about how there are a lot of people who like to accuse everybody of hating them because they are (insert title here) even though the people they're accusing legit have a mile long list of all the reasons and proof of why they DON'T hate them 😂

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ElwoodBlues · M

We need to be careful not to throw that narcissism label around too carelessly. There are plenty of selfish immature needy people who aren't full fledged narcissists. That said, Trump appears to have all nine symptoms.

According to DSM-5, individuals with NPD have most (at least five) or all of the symptoms listed below (generally without commensurate qualities or accomplishments).

1 Grandiosity with expectations of superior treatment by others.
2 Fixated on fantasies of power, success, intelligence, attractiveness, etc.
3 Self-perception of being unique, superior, and associated with high-status people and institutions.
4 Needing constant admiration from others.
5 Sense of entitlement to special treatment and to obedience from others.
6 Exploitative of others to achieve personal gain.
7 Unwilling to empathize with others' feelings, wishes, or needs.
8 Intensely jealous of others and the belief that others are equally jealous of them.
9 Pompous and arrogant demeanor.

By any reasonable standard, Trump's behavior is a near perfect fit to the profile of narcissistic personality disorder as characterized by the explicit criteria in DSM-5.

Briefly, if one cannot have love, one resorts to respect. And when respect is unavailable, one resorts to fear. Trump is now living through an intolerable loss of respect: rejection by a nation in his election defeat. Violence helps compensate for feelings of powerlessness, inadequacy and lack of real productivity.

Fishy · 36-40, F

@ElwoodBlues

We need to be careful not to throw that narcissism label around too carelessly

Yeah this is true too.

I've noticed that there are some people around that will label just about anyone as a narcissist

Its like the barnum effect, its basically like star signs and horoscopes being written in a way that everyone relates to or relates someone else to