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Originally Posted by BeteNoire
I think society tends to see the term narcissistic in light of the Narcissus myth. So they tend to think of it as a superficial love of one's looks rather than a serious disorder.
Personally, given the layers of complexity in NPD I think narcissistic simply isn't the right word for this disorder.
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Two points: 1. I will bet that most people don't know the actual Narcissus myth (from Ovid?) but 2. This does show the tremendous gap between popular culture and technical psychology and diagnosis.
