I was not intending to label you, just describe how your natural way of being might come off to people. I knew my dad, I don’t really know you. From what I know from your posts, I believe you are trying to be a good guy, best you know how, and not doing so bad at all! As I understand it, most people with NPD haven't gotten to the point of considering that they may have anything that's an issue.

From what I understand about psychology, all of us have ways of being that we don’t know, can’t see because of our defense systems. For instance, in this thread have I been offensive to you, implying that I knew more than you about what it was like to have NPD? I was actually trying to gather data for geeky theory-making in my own mind. But if I came off "off" then please let me know. I can see that might have been the case. Didn't see it at the time, though, off in my own world. What do you think? And if I was offensive, would you like an apology?