Narcissism is a pattern of life on a spectrum, and any person can be susceptible to it in some degree. Healthy, growth-oriented people seek insight and wisdom so they can contain their narcissistic inclinations. Unhealthy people persist with non-productive tendencies, seemingly unable to incorporate insight or to make adjustments. These are the people who become full-blown narcissists since their troublesome patterns take over their identity.
Among the Narcissist Checklist, here are some defining traits that usually indicate you are dealing with a narcissist:
Being self-enamored, self-absorbed
A strong need for control
Demonstrating low levels of empathy
An attitude of entitlement
Chronically mismanaged anger
Manipulative or exploitive behavior
Feeling superiority over others
Living in an alternate reality
Being pathologically defensive.
Beyond these primary ingredients of narcissism are many other behaviors and attitudes. The more sophisticated you are in identifying them, the better you will be capable of disentangling from the frustrations they naturally produce. Identifying the every-day, common manifestations of narcissism can prompt you to make adjustments in your own life patterns, and it can also alert you to the behaviors in others that are toxic.
9 Personality Traits of Narcissism
A grandiose sense of self-importance
Preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
Belief 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
Is interpersonally exploitative – takes advantage of others
Lacks empathy
Envies others or believes others are envious of him or her
9.Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors and attitudes
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