>>20974841>I guess people these days just mistake confidence for mental illness. That's true for a lot of things but I've noticed people get very excited by labelling everyone they can NPD. They exaggerate "symptoms" in others and misinterpret what the diagnosis even is.
>How do you know if someone is truly narcissistic or just confident in themselves? It's easier to show with examples so let's do that.
My mom has NPD. Here is a post I wrote detailing some of her behaviors.
>>>/r9k/78455397That's just a few of her issues. As you can see there is a theme there. Very extreme and noticeable displays of
>zero empathy, weak relationships>mistreating others, whether close or strangers>zero embarrassment, does not inhibit socially unacceptable behaviors>attention seeking>self importance>weak or no moralityYou get the picture.
NPD was initially conceptualized by taking histrionic PD and tacking on grandiosity. Histrionic PD in turn is the female presentation of clinical psychopathy. The male presentation is antisocial PD. So all three of narcissistic/histrionic/antisocial PDs are manifestations of clinical psychopathy. It's not an easy thing to miss. These people are really fucked in the head and everyone around them notices. Usually because they're getting treated like shit. Pic related is the commonly used checklist to identify clinical psychopathy.
>I'm gonna sleep now anywaySweet dreams.
