explaining your pd

how do you explain your pd to others?
do you use the word narcism or does it sound to negative?
who did you explain? And why?
did you tell all or were you selective in explaining?

madjoe wrote:narcism

...Narcissism, nazism. Mein Kampf.

I'd be surprised if anyone here would tell anyone else about their PD. Unless they would decide to tell someone specifically interested in psychology.

anagram wrote:I'd be surprised if anyone here would tell anyone else about their PD. Unless they would decide to tell someone specifically interested in psychology.

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Sigurd wrote:narcissistic-personality/topic85058.html

Rookie mistake...

People trust crap they read on the internet more than what they can see for themselves, any day of the week. Sad but true.

Of what truth and what trust are you speaking?

True that they trust the most sensationalist crap. It's not like narcissists are all misunderstood heartfelt philanthropists, but it's not like they're all determined to destroy your life either, as if you had no power or responsibility over your own wellbeing when there's a narcissist around.

I'm pretty sure that most people would run too if I told them "hey, I'm schizoid" (or even better, "hey, I'm schizotypal!" — which would be my diagnosis under the DSM-5). Which in fact is why I don't hesitate to talk about such things with people who have any meaning to me. If they'll run, so be it. I'm better off without them.

There is no point in revealing yourself to people that have no meaning to you unless it is purely for authentic intellectual and psychoanalytical conversations.

People want narcissists to be there. Their existence means a potential threat that is capable of destroying their lives. They need someone to do that. It doesn't even matter that no one cares of them and that some people who hurt them weren't even narcissists, just people who hurt them. Also, isn't it romantic to be a victim of a narcissist? Almost as romantic as being one.

Sigurd wrote:There is no point in revealing yourself to people that have no meaning to you unless it is purely for authentic intellectual and psychoanalytical conversations.

True.

People want narcissists to be there.Their existence means a potential threat that is capable of destroying their lives. They need someone to do that.

As baffling as this is to me, yes, also true. But people want plausible deniability. They don't want to believe what you just said. If you say "I have NPD", it slaps the truth in their faces.

Sounds like sour grapes here. And denial of owning up to real #######5 behavior. Now that people are learning what narcissism is all about and declawing it, it renders the N powerless. I think that's what the beef is all about...

-- Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:05 pm --

Personally I would like someone to tell me they have NPD. Just be prepared for me to walk away. But truth be told, I REALLY think it's up to nons to educate themselves on it.