QUESTION Number 1 – Who is a Narcissist ? Dear Dr. Vaknin, I read the excerpts you placed on your web site with great interest. I wanted to ask: Isn’t your definition of malignant narcissism too wide? Having read it, I think that it fits my neighbours, friends, and family to a “t”. Everyone seems to be a narcissist to me now! HELP! ANSWER Yours is an understandable reaction. All of us have narcissistic TRAITS. Some of us even develop a narcissistic PERSONALITY. Moreover, narcissism is a SPECTRUM of behaviours –…
Day: July 21, 2022
How to Spot a Narcissist in Under 30 Seconds
Narcissism is typically diagnosed with a 40-item questionnaire. Not something easily rolled out on a first date. Fortunately a team at the University of Michigan … source