Any shrinks out there. I'd like to know what causes narcissism.

[Road Scholar]

I know a whole family of them. Is it learned? Is it inherited? It's very annoying.

[KG]

1. i'm too sexy for my shirt. so sexy it hurts.

[kwassa]

2. What does this have to do with me?

We were talking about me, weren't we?

[NNadir]

3. I am not a psychiatrist, but I am a narcissist. We are caused by the intersection of the...

greatest forces known to the universe, and are the reason that the strong nuclear force, the electroweak force, and the gravitational forces were created.

This is especially true of the latter force, by the way.

[Mopar151]

18. Ya know, I beleive you

It expalins so much.

[jobycom]

4. Oh, you'd like to know? Always about you, isn't it?

What about what I'd like to know?

[grasswire]

5. well, there is narcissism and there is narcissism

There is a personality disorder called Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and that is diagnosed by a professional. You can read the symptoms, though, on the Internet just by googling. It is an extremely pernicious and disabling condition. Some call it evil. It's caused by the "narcissistic wound" when there is some rejection by the mother/father at an early age.

And then there is garden variety narcissism -- inflated ego, etc. The "me" society seems to encourage a lot of that today.

[Road Scholar]

9. Thank you. The family iI was referring to has had a hard time of it

there are 5 siblings who all were rejected by their father. It seems to be a crutch for them.

[Mopar151]

17. I think I worked with 1 of each, simultaneously

The bad one was classic - manipulative, manevolent, vain, miser and theif - tried to get me fired at least twice. Would sneer at people who did a kindness for others, bullied anyone he could, obsequious to a fault to his bosses. I think he'd been wounded bad, and I'm not sure he'd ever had a genuine friend.
The other wasn't that bad a guy - he definitely had the wound. but tried to overcome it most of the time. Trouble is, he would regress at inopprutune moments, and it was hard to get him to look outside his own experience.

Sadly, in that place, there were some so twisted their diagnosis ain't in the book yet.

[rcrush]

6. Being awesome.

[madinmaryland]

7. I know one who is extremely annoying.

[TZ]

8. Brett Favre is that you?

:rofl:

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. You're so vain. I hope you know this thread is about you.

[rug]

11. Liriope of Thespia.

[Swede]

12. An unhealthy negative obsession with James Cameron's movies is an indicator.

With repeated threads and polls regarding said obsession. :shrug:

[LostInAnomie]

13. My magnetic personality...

... and my huge wiener.

[MiddleFingerMom]

14. When one is a NATURAL beauty such as I... ... ... ...

.
...it's genetics.
.
Don't hate me because I'm beautiful. Hate me because I'm a narcissistic asshole.
.

[blockhead]

15. their reflection

;-)

[datasuspect]

16. the du lounge is a long term case study of narcissism

[JNelson6563]

19. We are all born narcissists

It's a survival thing. In a healthy environment we begin to outgrow it as we become aware of others. In an unhealthy environment we do not outgrow it. Interestingly enough it's not a result of conceit, quite the opposite.

Julie

[Bucky]

20. Yes, but some of us deserve to be narcissists more than others, chiefly me.

[Kaleva]

21. Sorry...too busy admiring my reflection in the mirror

[LeftinOH]

22. Narcissism happens when everyone around you is stupid and ugly -n/t