Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Yesterday my good ole friend Julian told me about a mental disorder called Narcissistic Personality Disorder or as I will refer to it: NPD. (not to be confused with the other famous saying No Problem Dude) I thought it was a joke. It sounds like I’m totally making it up. Trying to be funny, I thought Julian was making me laugh about all the douches we keep meeting. Then he showed me this:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001930/
That’s the real deal y’all. I did some further research too. The symptoms of NPD boil down to but are not limited to:
▪ Reacts to criticism with anger, shame, or humiliation
▪ May take advantage of others to reach his or her own goal
▪ Tends to exaggerate their own importance, achievements, and talents
▪ Imagines unrealistic fantasies of success, beauty, power, intelligence, or romance
▪ Requires constant attention and positive reinforcement from others
▪ Easily becomes jealous
▪ Lacks empathy and disregards the feelings of others
▪ Obsessed with oneself
▪ Mainly pursues selfish goals
▪ Trouble keeping healthy relationships
▪ Is easily hurt and rejected
▪ Sets unreal goals
▪ Wants "the best" of everything
▪ Appears as tough-minded or unemotional [3] Thanks Wikipedia!
WHAT WHAT WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
I can’t even deal with this list. And not surprisingly it is extremely common. I feel like theatre is a breeding ground for this extreme personality disorder, but in actuality the causes of NPD fall back to childhood.
The Cleveland Clinic writes:
The exact cause of narcissistic personality disorder is not known. However, many mental health professionals believe it results from extremes in child rearing. For example, the disorder might develop as the result of excessive pampering, or when a child’s parents have a need for their children to be talented or special in order to maintain their own self-esteem. On the other end of the spectrum, narcissistic personality disorder might develop as the result of neglect or abuse and trauma inflicted by parents or other authority figures during childhood. The disorder usually is evident by early adulthood.
The exact cause of narcissistic personality disorder is not known. However, many mental health professionals believe it results from extremes in child rearing. For example, the disorder might develop as the result of excessive pampering, or when a child’s parents have a need for their children to be talented or special in order to maintain their own self-esteem. On the other end of the spectrum, narcissistic personality disorder might develop as the result of neglect or abuse and trauma inflicted by parents or other authority figures during childhood. The disorder usually is evident by early adulthood.
So this is a public service announcement. NPD is real. There is no prevention. There is no cure. Beware guys and girls. I’m just trying to raise awareness. Maybe I’ll make a shirt.
Possible tag lines:
NPD is kinda big deal. But only the people who have it know about it.
NPD: Causing millions of bro’s to think they are totally hot since 8 A.D.
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