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Long story short, I have worked in my current job for 6 years. Everyone around me is "normal" but me. Some work groups have "abnormal" people -- (not that I am saying this is abnormal --- but for instance), gay people, disabled people, mentally disabled people... but my group, wife, husband 2.5 children etc. Totally normal... non special... trapped like a rat under the mortgages and full time jobs. I am a total anomaly - ...

What are we calling NPD?

A set of behavioural traits? Compensatory Narcissistic Defences? Not having resolved the stage children usually resolve at six - a cause of classic NPD behaviour that is totally different from the previous bit? Which part is NPD, cause they can both cause similar behaviour, but for such totally different reasons you could argue they are absolutely nothing to do with each other...

There are a whole load of "NPD victim ...

About two weeks ago I started meds. An antidepressant and an antipsychotic. Just shy of one week on them, I felt amazing. I was sure it wasn't mania, and my therapist said the meds probably had taken effect already. I was ecstatic. I felt this way for about a week, maybe 8 or 9 days. Then it started to slow down, no big deal. Today I have spiraled down at a fairly quick rate. Now ...

We've been together for almost 10 years, married for 7. We have two kids, 8 yrs and 5 yrs, boys. She said I'm distant and unloving, said she feels it's taking a toll on the kids. She said she just wants to do what's right for her and the boys.

In the past, this definitely would have sent me into a tizzy. Before she ever got those words out, I would have made the situation ...

Let me start by saying I am not even sure that this post belongs in this section. For a number of years now, I have been having panic attacks, feeling panicky, and feeling distressingly uncomfortable around people whom are sleeping or even mention sleeping. I believe that this is tied into the fact that I have somnophilia.

My avoidance of these panic attacks is a daily struggle. It has been happening for at least 10 ...

I woke up this morning and just wanted to succumb to the downside of this stupid disease. Spent an hour looking at my S&W 500, finally went to gun range and shot almost 300 rounds before I didn't feel so down. My wife and Dr. both say they understand what I am going through when I hit this valley, but until they have looked down the barrel they only have an idea. I am still ...

My friend has been taking sales training at work, basic sales and personality testing etc.
Since then he's convinced the trainer is hiring people to cause reactions in him outside of work, like breaking into his apartment, putting empty cigarette packs on his balcony, putting undercover people in his running club, suspicious of family and friends being involved too. He asked me if I was taking orders from them or anyone else. He's 100% convinced ...

Don't get me wrong, I hate the weekdays too and find them exhausting and generally look forward for the weekend pretty much the minute the week begins… but I hate the weekends even more.

As soon as it's Friday afternoon I sink into depression… I have no idea why. It seems that I used to get along just fine with having much more spare time than this during the weekdays back when I wasn't working… ...

I do know that there is a book called *The Wizard of Oz and Other Narcissists*, but IMHO the author really missed the mark on identifying the NPD in that particular story.

The following is just something I thought of while watching *The Wizard of Oz* yet again, while struggling to understand what on earth happened to my NPD ex-husband who had once been such a good man and loving father.

As most people know, ...

I recently spoke with a therapist who thinks what I have may be a delusion disorder related issue (though there is the possibility it may be alcohol/ptsd related), but I haven't spoke with her thoroughly enough to get a full diagnosis, previously, I was diagnosed with bipolar, ptsd, an eating disorder, and alcoholism.
I've always felt rather paranoid i.e., people are out to get me, hurt me, talking behind my back, etc. but more recently, ...