Who Does This Describe?

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder

A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:

• has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
  
• preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
  
• believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
  
• requires excessive admiration
  
• has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
  
• is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
  
• lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
  
• is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
  
• shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes

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