Narcissism (20)

What do you know about it?Is there something common between narcissism and feeling your conviction is absolutely right only?

"Narcissistic personality disorder is characterized by extreme focus on oneself, and is a maladaptive, rigid, and persistent condition that may cause significant distress and functional impairment."

Some people use the term to decribe excesive selfishness.....true narcissism is much more extreme...usually used to describe disconnected, controlling and manipulative spouses or parents

I found interesting to compare narcissism to an EGOTRIP of self admiration type.

At college I was called a narcissist by some guys I associated with. That got me thinking. Yes, I was always dressing magnificently, I could carry it, straightening my hair, and all those little things that fed it more and more. I was a clever boy and I also had intellectual pretensions. I had no experience of women, was terribly gauche with them, but I was full of myself, truly.

Natasha, was there any connection between all this and any pigheadedness on my part. A some little bit. I was not liked by women. I was always talking down at them. I was good from far but far from good. In later life I became as you describe. Arrogant in mind and full of admiration for myself.

That has been eroded into dust since. But there is a big nugget of truth in what you have undoubtedly noticed in private experience.

These things go together. How can you be humble if you are being grand?

CD/Homer

There is a big big difference between feeling absolutely right about something and narcissism. Huge difference

Yes ,you are right -there is a big,big defference ,but my question was "is there something? common?,any way ".

Don't think so Natasha ...conviction is generally a logical and rational conclusion. Whereas narcissism is a personality disorder.

There is not much difference. Really. Only obstinacy.

What may be on vogue for a women, might be called narcistic for a man, nowaday´s its somewhat outdated.
Even the closet queen enjoy´s freely the Love Parades and Gay Parades, not hiding its phantasies but living it in a free way...

Obsession can not be compared to generally - there are just too many diferences - and as long its not self obsession in a narcistic way.. you cant generalize it -
I think Carl Jong got the best described studies for that .. without labeling it a necessarely a disorder, because it describes also a natural of most human behaviour.