re: #103 realwest

Here’s an interesting list of markers for Narcissistic Personality Disorder, from Sam Vaknin:
samvak.tripod.com

-“Haughty” body language
-Entitlement markers – The narcissist immediately asks for “special treatment” of some kind.
-Idealization or devaluation – The narcissist instantly idealizes or devalues his interlocutor.
-The “membership” posture – The narcissist always tries to “belong”. Yet, at the very same time, he maintains his stance as an outsider.
-Bragging and false autobiography – The narcissist brags incessantly. His speech is peppered with “I”, “my”, “myself”, and “mine”.
-Emotion-free language – The narcissist likes to talk about himself and only about himself. He is not interested in others or what they have to say, unless they constitute potential Sources of Supply and in order to obtain said supply. He acts bored, disdainful, even angry, if he feels that they are intruding on his precious time and, thus, abusing him.
-Seriousness and sense of intrusion and coercion – The narcissist is dead serious about himself…(rarely is he self-deprecating.)