Our NPD President

Here’s something for Republicans to consider after listening to President Obama’s arrogant and combative behavior at today’s press conference  . . .

According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is a condition in which “people have an inflated sense of self-importance and an extreme preoccupation with themselves.”  A person with NPD may display the following symptoms:

• React to criticism with rage, shame, or humiliation
• Take advantage of other people to achieve his or her own goals
• Have excessive feelings of self-importance
• Exaggerate achievements and talents
• Be preoccupied with fantasies of success, power, beauty, intelligence, or ideal love
• Have unreasonable expectations of favorable treatment
• Need constant attention and admiration
• Disregard the feelings of others, and have little ability to feel empathy
• Have obsessive self-interest
• Pursue mainly selfish goals

How to deal with a Narcissist

Understand when you are dealing with a Narcissist and not just someone with a strong self-image. A Narcissist puts themselves before all others, they are definitely always aware of what they are doing and how important they are.

Once you determine that you're dealing with a Narcissist, be careful to not get sucked into their overall plan. Trust that all Narcissists have a plan for you, as they gain pleasure from watching what they can make you do or say. A Narcissist sees most people as their own entertainment... how quickly can they pull your strings and make you dance.

Keep your distance, Narcissists enjoy making other people 'do' whatever they want. Unfortunately Narcissists are rarely ever jerky with their requests; however, they are cunning enough to say extremely outrageous things and yet, when questioned their charm can usually cause you to question your original concern.

Take a deep breath before you make any decision to do something that a Narcissist requests of you... typically it is not a direct request, but, one poised to make you think that you're acting on your own.

Hold your ground, if something does not feel right, It probably isn't. No one that truly cares about you will ever make you do something that you are not comfortable with. A Narcissist only finds entertainment in controlling others and/or seeing how powerful they are.

Narcissists are people too and in truth you would think that they need people; however, the one critical component that makes them a Narcissist is that all they need is themselves and of course, their minions. Don't be one of them!