I have Narcissistic friends - you know who you are! Narcissism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Not to be confused with Egocentrism. Narcissus (1590s) by Caravaggio (Galleria Nazionale dArte Antica, Rome) Narcissism is the pursuit of gratification from vanity, or egotistic admiration of ones own physical or mental attributes, that derive from arrogant pride. The term originated in Greek mythology with Narcissus, who fell in love with his own image reflected in a pool of water. Narcissism is a concept in psychoanalytic theory, introduced in Sigmund Freuds On Narcissism. The American Psychiatric Association has the classification Narcissistic personality disorder in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Narcissism is also considered a social or cultural problem. It is a factor in trait theory used in some self-report inventories of personality such as the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory. Except in the sense of primary narcissism or healthy self-love, narcissism is usually considered a problem in a person or groups relationships with self and others. Narcissism is not the same as egocentrism.
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