What is Narcissism? by: Sam Vaknin A pattern of traits and behaviours which signify infatuation and obsession with one's self to the exclusion of all others and the egotistic and ruthless pursuit of one's gratification, dominance and a...
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Health health narcissist donapostself(The use of gender pronouns in this article reflects the clinical facts: most narcissists and most Asperger's patients are male.)Asperger's Disorder is often misdiagnosed as Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), though evident as early a...
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