What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder?

I know someone with full blown NPD. That person is the saddest person I've ever met. Not that they are sad, I feel sad for them because their life is so pathetic.

I’m 31 and my father is a competitive bodybuilder in his 60s has been working out all his life has Narcissistic Personality Disorder and it’s sooo terrible to be around a person like that even though it’s my dad and I love him but it’s just soooo terrible .

Hummm...I think know somebody like that at work...🤔

What do you think about imago therapy? Would this be helpful as a form of therapy in a marriage to a narcissist?

A narcissist is a shark who thinks he's a dolphin. He looks like a dolphin, he swims like a dolphin but when there's blood in the water he can't help but revealing his true identity. A narcissist must be in constant activity in order not to sink - that's why he's often successful. The carcasses strewn along his way are invisible to the narcissist. If anything they are only results of other's weaknesses. When his ego is undernourished, the narcissist will enter a feeding frenzy and there will be no mercy, no remorse for anyone standing in his way.

I have a question and I have had this question for a few years now

1 what happens when 2 narcissist get together in a relationship because they would always be wanting attention off each other and love

2 if a friend needs cheering up would the narcissist help the other person

3 if the narcissist had a child would he/she look after the child or love the child

Thanks for replying

Hi Dr. Grande
Very interesting lessons learned from this video.
Questions:
1.) Do NPDs often demonstrate the tendency to be sex addicts?
2.) Could it be that potential NPDs patients may have had problems from the beginning (childhood) like attachment disorder?

3.) My third question is coming from a complete different area. I am only using this medium to ask because I do not know how to send in my questions.
Here it goes:
Dementia: is dementia a mental disorder or a neurological disorder? Can dementia patients be given mental health counselling?
Thanks a million Dr. Grande!!!

Narcissists, resist the urge even when you suffer because it's not about them, it's about you. Save yourself.

What is the essence of this disorder? The glitch of our gene that primarily make people the way they are or its is a phenomenon that everyone has a chance to get if life throws too much on them?


By the way, can somebody from a biological healthy family (no families or ancestors ever has narcissist disorder) get the disorder? and its all about hard life ?

Do you have a Patreon channel?

Thankyou Dr. Grande..😀😀😀😀🥰

In no way have I understood how this is bad for the individual. I understand the actions against others is unacceptable and unfair. However, someone who has such a high level of admiration and positivity for themselves will definitely go somewhere in life. Just my opinion

Someone told me I have this, and I got so upset and cried a ton. Then I watched this video and I definitely have too much empathy and I appreciate the comments below from everyone suggesting a professional diagnosis! We shouldnt let mean people diagnose us :D

I had a boss who I'm pretty sure had NPD. He kept picking on me, I fought him and went to HR about him and he went off sick (fake sick btw). I won a kind of victory. No one liked him, he was an arsehole.

My mother was diagnosed with NPD. Despite this, she still thinks that she is fine, and everyone else in the problem. Is that normal?

Why does he keep on referring to MPD? Its, NPD. Apart from that, he is very good at informing in a slow and calm manner. Looking at esp. NPD in our hyper-modern society, as I call it, most people have taken on a new approach to themselves, the world and life as such, meaning, in my mind, we're all way more narcissistic in our thinking and behaviour today, compared to when I was a child and adolescent. Theres a huge difference to say the least. So some kind or level of Narcissism is a requirement in society today, meaning the line here is very fine......

Yup Narcissist is the best way to describe American history if I ever heard one. No wonder this shit is running ramped.

1% of people are diagnosed with NPD, because people with NPD won't seek help. It is much higher than 1%.

Excellent!!

Why is he describing me?

I had a friend who was narcissistic. She went to a job interview for a cosmetic company. The asked her what her qualifications were and she said I am beautiful. When she received her doctorate she carried in her purse and showed everyone she met. As her brother lie dying she asked him to find her a husband! He was really suffering. She was molested as a child and I wonder if the two go together?

Ridiculous. People call others narcissistic because they don’t like themselves, it’s an invented word. Just think about who you are when nobody’s watching and you will understand why you believe that narcissism is pathological

Ya I did it was really helpful it puts a name on the bullshit for real

I shall not be afraid walking through the valley of narcissists. For I am the meanest narcissist in the valley. Jokes aside I prefer company of accomplished, self aware narcissists, for they are not as envious as non-narcissists, because they already think they are awesome.

i think Donald Trump has this condition anybody else agree

used to be called immature

A very objective and clear assessment of this terrible disorder ; I have met such folk, unfortunately, over the years but didn't understand what made them tick!
Such folk can get very nasty in situations when such triggers touch on them and subsequently they emit their traits delineated by Dr Grande above!

Why am I only now, at nearly 30 watching this and understanding my problems in life 😟

Thank you. Enjoyed your presentation.

I know several people that claim whatever you are talking about yhey claim that they have done it, seen it, had it ,made it, or know it, or whatever more than you and it was better. What type of disorder is that, if it is any type of disorder?

Very interesting!

It was only a matter of time before someone with NPD would rise to the office of President of these United States! God help us!

omg! you just linked Bipolar Disorder II with NPD

I wonder of trump had low self esteem

It’s sad if you care for some with this illness, because you find yourself blaming yourself for a lot of the problems they bring they never want to hear there faults and they struggle to hear the truth.

This is my ex. His been diagnosed with it but he refuses to believe it.
Last night with the last straw it’s how I’m the abuser and how his trapped in a toxic rship with his abuser.
I am an empath but he had all these traits it’s all god complex, money and power. I’ve made the hard but easy choice to leave Because I just can’t anymore I’ve tried but it’s killing me

So... like Sheldon from Big Bang Theory.

my father used to say to me "after i die do whatever you want" ...not so close to unconditional love to your child...when he bought me a car to go univercity in the first day he told that he bought it to drive only to univercity and back home not for rides...he didnt let me be with my friends to enjoy parties and occasional drinks...he didnt like i have friends so that was a reason i never invited them to home and because it was easy for him to make me feel shame by saying bad thinks about me that were lies ....now he passed away but sometimes i feel emotionaly empty ...i think he sucked my life in a way ...i know i have to be strong for me and for other people that i love ...also i feel ashamed for being treated like that as a man...i just hope not to lose my faith

Does anyone know what model would best fit someone with narcissistic personality disorder?

I remember my brother, as a third year in college and in a frat, he said he didnt want to invite a friend from his frat/friend group bc he didnt “add anything” to the “vibe”. He was just shy and easy going, and by american social standards, physically unattractive. My bro was also a closet gay/bisexual. I remember his comment always pissing me off, like how do you say that about a person. Bro wanted everyone around him to cater to his needs instead of just enjoying their company. This was especially noticeable bc of how mediocre my bro is. Failing business major, no job, delusions of being rich, denial alcoholic, homophobe, racist, lacked the traits he required to be “a man” but expected everyone he met to meet them, addicted to video games, conventionally unattractive, etc. Sorry for the rant. Im recovering from abuse and what Dr. Grande said about devaluing others contributions, I feel really applies here—for anyone who needed a non-professional/non-workplace example.

everything is a 'DISORDER' nowadays....
narcissists WOULD NOT be able to tell right from wrong and have the same standards, when YOU did something BAD to THEM if this was some short-circuit....but give them a taste of their own medicine and watch how they suddenly become like everyone else....their national anthem is 'WHY ARE YOU doing this to (ME....')

Ty Dr.Grande

My dad was very successful at many jobs, but they didn’t last long. He was always a CEO level and very bright. He came off as arrogant, but somehow worthy because he was movie star handsome. Like women would stop him while I was with him and give him their number. He’d always ask me if he was handsome or a good father. Well…. After he died I found an index card with affirmations. He suicided. Abusive childhood, so he overcompensated and abused his kids, except me. That really messed with my head.

I really think the rate of NPD is closer to 25% of the population. If it was 1%, then why do I know so many people who fit every single criteria for NPD, and are akin to monsters from the uncanny valley? Is it that the narcasists I know are just way on one end of the spectrum, but somehow don't cross that threshold for the full blown personality disorder? Maybe, but if that's true, why does their behavior seem compulsory, they repeat patterns for decades, and it has negative impacts on their own lives? Seems 1% is a lowball.

Go grande or go home 🎉😂❤

How cd u hv low self esteem but at the same time feel a sense of entitlement and feel too special to be understood and such. Thats confusing.

Doesn’t everyone get humiliated with criticism? If someone criticizes me I’m embarrassed cuz I’m an introvert to begin with so when I put myself out there then get criticized it Hits me hard

Wow! I've never met anyone that thinks this highly of themselves. Now I am going to have to start paying more attention.

NPD's acronym should be updated to DJT instead. It's much more apropos.