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5 Signs You’re With A Narcissist
“How starved you must have been that my heart became a meal for your ego.” — Amanda Torroni
The word narcissist gets thrown around a lot these days. Partly due to our Selfie driven world. Social media has given everyone a pass to say “look at me”. + our swipe culture has turned people into salad dressing. You can pick a different flavor at any time. Love is now delivered, like everything else today. We are impatient and disconnected. Technology has given us a throne and magic mirror that’s rechargeable.
But first, let me point out that there is a difference between narcissistic tendencies and straight up Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). One is diagnosed by a therapist.
In the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), [1] NPD is defined as comprising a pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), a constant need for admiration, and a lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood to present.
They say early adulthood because pretty much every teenager is a narcissist. Joking but not really. So this is an adult personality disorder and one must possess five of these nine traits.
- A grandiose sense of self-importance
