Like the reply atypical!! Now I am almost 40, and I always knew something wasn't right but lived up to the age at around 36 or 37 when I finally found out what my issue was. I never thought of myself as broken or disordered, rather unlike most. You also speak of how people just don't tell a narcissit like it is but do you really believe that all people are equipped to spot a person with npd??? I really don't think so and as a matter of fact most people will never even know what npd is. My ways are done in a way that makes me, me. Tactics are natural and may be the reason why people like me are considered so bad. Yes people here know of npd as we are all involved in this type of community. Ask a FREIND a coworker or even a stranger if they ever heard of npd and chances are they'll just say whats that? Not like BDP or aspd that's more spoken of and easier to notice. Npd is the true wolf dressed as granny!! Not seen till it's too late, and for the ones who believe they know when they meet one then that's because your dealing with low functioning narcissists. The top are good at what and who they are. Not because of anything other than this making them who they are.... The top of the food chain!! Just my Sunday morning thoughts...