On Sep 6, 6:51*pm, Larry wrote:
Harry Krause wrote:
On 9/5/10 10:36 PM, Larry wrote:
Steve B wrote:
wrote in message
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Overview

Narcissistic personality disorder is a condition in which there is an
inflated sense of self-importance and an extreme preoccupation with
one's self.

Symptoms
A person with narcissistic personality disorder:

•Reacts to criticism with rage, shame, or humiliation
•Takes advantage of other people to achieve his or her own goals
•Has feelings of self-importance
•Exaggerates achievements and talents
•Is preoccupied with fantasies of success, power, beauty,
intelligence, or ideal love
•Has unreasonable expectations of favorable treatment
•Requires constant attention and admiration
•Disregards the feelings of others, lacks empathy
•Has obsessive self-interest
•Pursues mainly selfish goals

So, if you have one (or more) of these things, does that make you a bad
person?

Steve

There are people here that exhibit MOST of these symptoms.

Yeah, right, name on of them .... You are nothing more than a useless
asshole.

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More from another authority on NPD:

The prognosis for younger persons with narcissistic disorders is
hopeful to the extent that the disturbances reflect a simple lack of
life experience. The outlook for long-standing NPD, however, is
largely negative. Some narcissists are able, particularly as they
approach their midlife years, to accept their own limitations and
those of others, to resolve their problems with envy, and to accept
their own mortality. Most patients with NPD, on the other hand, become
increasingly depressed as they grow older within a youth-oriented
culture and lose their looks and overall vitality. The retirement
years are especially painful for patients with NPD because they must
yield their positions in the working world to the next generation. In
addition, they do not have the network of intimate family ties and
friendships that sustain most older people.