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Wednesday, May 13. 2015

Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Rethinking What We Know


Narcissistic patterns, to use an analogy, may have similar phenotypes but different genotypes. For some, it is a manifestation of a hollow or even sociopathic core and, on the other end of a spectrum, it can be a defensive style. Either way, they tend to use people for their own purposes.


Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Rethinking What We Know


Watch out. Assess peoples' characters, if you can. Watch out for flatterers and users.

Posted by Dr. Joy Bliss in Psychology, and Dr. Bliss at 16:36 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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pseudo science.
#1 avi on 2015-05-14 02:46 (Reply)
The blogger at anonymous conservative dot com is in the field and has written an excellent book, complete with advice, called "How to Deal with Narcissists."
#2 Ann K on 2015-05-14 08:20 (Reply)
All those people who say they can't stand Willie Whitewater's politics, but would love to have a beer with him should think about this.
#3 formwiz on 2015-05-14 12:00 (Reply)
Consider flattery as a defense mechanism to prevent getting what you don't want.
#4 Randall on 2015-05-14 18:08 (Reply)
Steve Jobs was accused of this by one of his girlfriends!
#5 Phil Taylor (Link) on 2015-05-14 19:38 (Reply)

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