Narcissistic Personality Disorder – Who is a Malignant Narcissist?

Narcissistic Personality Disorder – Who is a Malignant Narcissist?

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 –…