[thatkydd0954]

I am a teenage girl and I have reasons to believe I am a narcissist, today we are working in groups and I am mad that they didn't choose my idea , I feel like not even participating anymore I feel my idea is better and hers sucks, and we will fail , what do I do? Should ask to work alone???

Originally Posted by thatkydd0954

I am a teenage girl and I have reasons to believe I am a narcissist, today we are working in groups and I am mad that they didn't choose my idea , I feel like not even participating anymore I feel my idea is better and hers sucks, and we will fail , what do I do? Should ask to work alone???

I don't mean to fuel the fire but, what if her idea does suck and yours is better? lol. Hard to tell when there's not much info on the matter.

Either way, if you've got a teacher/councelor or whoever is leading this group task then by all means bring it up to him/her and state why you *still* support your idea. But don't quit like that, specially if it's a school project, even if it's a sucky idea you can work around that and make it through.

Regarding doing self diagnose I wouldn't recommend it, best recommendation on the matter is try to find a councelor at school or whatever that you can confide this info with and pick it up from there. There are also universities and whatnot that offer free consultation and such, it'd depend on where you live but you can look that information up online.

[thatkydd0954]

Thank you and after calming down I have decided to work around it and just make my part better then hers, and people have told me about that , but I really can't figure out to get in touch with any one that could diagnose me, but I am pretty sure I'm right... Thanks for the reply!

[Eloise42]

I'm actually visiting from another forum but I wanted to respond to your post. Once you are out of them, teenage social structures are even more bizarre and backward than they may seem to you now.

I agree that it may be premature to look for a diagnosis of narcissism. In my experience most teenagers are dealing with either staggeringly low or high self esteem. I truly don't mean to be condescending but your brain is still developing as is a higher level of social understanding. There are some significant advantages to this point in your life: shooting for the stars in terms of your personal ambitions and taking steps to get there, the sense that you are capable of so much, and impervious to so little. With that awareness you can really spring board your way to the next thing.

If someone in the group has a bad idea, and you believe yours is better, this is a good opportunity to hone your organizational debate skills. figure out the most important components of your idea, figure out what people can relate to and how best to communicate it to them and then very cooly present them to the group.