I'd welcome any opinions here. I was reading up on the definition narcissist and it seems I have several of the signs but maybe not all. I'm approaching the end of my life I guess but I'm beginning to realize how badly I've been acting in some ways all my life. Socially that is. Way too talkative, always about my self and my interests. Always assuming that what I think to be true is true, must be true, but now realizing that is not always the case-much to my shock. It's like geez you mean I'm not actually right!? How can that be? Then there is the area of me somehow actually assuming sort of on the unconscious level (and I suspect it's some ego aggrandizement thing) that I have skills-for example piano and or guitar-and then I go about dropping suggestions, hints to make people think I have these skills when in fact I have very little of these skills. Some but nothing like what I imagine.

Then there is the area of how I have often pushed myself on the opposite sex conversationally, not physically thank God, and then been quite hurt when met with a flat response or complete rejection. I must be pretty good looking judging from how women at least until they get to know me show that initial interest. So now I want to hang a sign over my eyes that says HUMILITY keep other peoples feelings in mind first. That is if you want to avoid your own hurt feelings. One thing that has really seemed to help is the study of cognitive therapy, cognitive distortions, rational thinking stuff. I seem to be much less emotionally disturbed.