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NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER - by Dr. Maria Hsia Chang

This is one of the BEST articles on NPD that I have used most extensively over the years. NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER http://www.unr.edu/cla/polisci/famaria_hsia_chang.htm By Dr. Maria Hsia Chang, Professor, Political Science, University of Nevada , Reno mariac@unr.nevada.edu In psychology, personality disorders refer to individual traits that reflect ingrained, inflexible, and maladaptive patterns of behavior that cause discomfort and impair a person’s ability to function--including her relations with friends and family. At least ten distinct personality disorders have been identified, one of which is the narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) that the American Psychological Association (APA) classifies as a “cluster B” disorder. NPD is a highly complex psychological - behavioral syndrome that confounds and baffles those close to the afflicted. Once understood, however, one achieves clarity of vision. Socio-biologists maintain that narcissism is natural f...

What’s the Smear Campaign All About?

What’s the Smear Campaign All About? Sociopaths know the end is coming. Before it hits they need to position themselves to come out smelling like roses. It doesn’t work. They smell like poop. Always. When we fall into these traps we think its true love with a real person. The sociopath knows things we don’t… like that none of this is real. They aren’t what we think they are. The sociopath is obsessed with making sure no one ever catches on to just how heinous they are. Looking like the victim and the “good guy” are their ploy to that end. They go to great lengths to conjure themselves into the role of “victim” in the eyes of their “fans” and other prey in order to keep empathy falling into their slimy laps so they can keep taking and using and getting away with it. It’s smoke and mirrors. Smearing is a special brand of Hoovering. If we respond, they still have us. Love-bombing, complimenting, adoring, insulting, Hoovering, smearing. It’s all bait – our ...

Hubris Syndrome - Acquired Narcissism

Hubris syndrome: Need to protect our society and civilization Introducing his term the hubris syndrome, Owen wanted to establish 'causal link between holding power and aberrant behavior that has the element of mental instability about it'. The hubris syndrome includes the Behavior seen in a person who: 1. sees the world as a Place for self-glorification through the use of power¸ 2. Has a tendency to take action primarily to enhance personal image, 3. Shows disproportionate concern for image and presentation, 4. exhibits messianic zeal and exaltation in speech, 5. Conflates, invents self within Organization, 6. Uses the royal 'we' in conversations, 7. Shows excessive self-confidence, 8. manifestly has contempt for others, 9. shows accountability only to a higher court (history or God), 10. displays the unshakable belief that he will be vindicated in that court 11. Can loose Loses contact with reality when under duress. 12. Resorts to restlessness and ...

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