You know you're a Narcissist when...

This is all Underground's fault. He's the one that wanted to make the NPD forums 'the place to be'.

To be honest I'm beginning to understand why it's usually so dead in here.

Either people try too hard to be you, they're telling you you're pure evil or they're over reacting to some perceived narcissistic trait.

*Shakes head* Sometimes I think I would like to be a narcissist. It seems like it's so much easier but then I really think about it and I realize in the end it's just as bad a place to be. The problems are just different. Not easier.

The NPD forum is so little about people with NPD that it seems unsurprising that few are interested in healing. People will continue being idiots either way.

Wow Bête that was uncalled for!!! So many new people we had to get to know one another. For the ones that wanted to babble on and on had nothing to do with me only that a little voice was trying so hard to be heard. Let's be a little more serious now, so many claim to be this and that but in reality this forum is interesting lately and people want to read all about it. Not because this is new or unheard of but because people like me make it so entertaining and interesting that so many have urges to check in periodically just to see what I have to say. Like I said earlier "the most interesting man alive" I don't always write in forums but when I do I prefer psychcentral. Hahahaha. Anyway just checking in as it is my last day out of town and saw all the wonderful posts which forced me to write while away. To all your welcome for my quick return!!!
Always love me,
Underground

You know you're a narcissist when even though there's an NPD forum available, you seldom talk about what it's actually like to have NPD and the struggles you go through because it's so rare to get a genuine response.

I'll reply to you!!

You bailed on me the other day! Did you have to get a prescription upgrade?

When people sarcastically refer to you as "the president". (okay, it only happened once).

When your Pdoc tells you so!!!

Best. Post. Ever.

HAHAHAHAHAHA.

... when the denizens tell you so

Since I was diagnosed as one, I will adventure to take dibs on the omega narcissist.

You may call dibs. You do not take dibs. Dibs are called and granted. Dibs are not taken.
At present I am the alpha and the omega, following well established precedent. As I am only a prozac narcissist, It may well be that I shall have to abdicate and choose my successor.

Do call back to learn when I have decided what to do about this matter.

Depending on where he went to medical college...

When you have your own theme song

When you know everybody is beneath you

When you spend hours agonizing over your appearance.

When no one but your electronic devices understand you.

When other people come to you with their problems and you have to pretend to care.

When you have to be the center of attention, no matter what.

When you abuse the resources given to you in order to get what you want.

When you are an insane perfectionist.

When you feel a power trip every time you think about your dreams.

When your ambition overrides your better judgment.

When you use different means to con people out of what you want, including lying or seduction.

Having the firm knowledge that you are better than the biggest authority in school or at home.

Hello, fabulousdivararity. Would you choose to be other than what you describe?

You know you're a narcissist when you resist changing the destructive or self-destructive properties because you feel it would destroy the positive ones.

You know you're a narcissist when you give the cold shoulder so effectively you have your "supply" right where you want them in no time and they're begging your forgiveness for whatever they've done this time to piss you off.

When you always root for the bad guy???? LOL

When you post on all the threads in the forum so that your name appears under each thread title on the right hand pane in the forum page, so that YOUR name and ONLY YOUR name appears there as the last poster for all of them . Yes, I noticed it Shakespeare47, LOL , I notice everything, and I know everything too, LOL. I can even read your thoughts right now, I am that good. I bet you right now you're thinking "I wonder what he's going to say I'm thinking, let's see if he's right" haha - told you I know what you're thinking. You do realize I'm going to have to beat your number of posts now, right? LOL.

I thought that was Underground's game?

^@StbGuy and BeteNoire....
Thank you.

Hmm? I didn't mean my comment to be directed at you. I'm sorry if I have offended you.

But I swear Underground was doing something similar to that before? Although I dunno if it was narcissism or more for amusement value.

Oh, no need to worry. You'll know when I'm offended.

No comments on my mind-reading powers then? I must have been spot on then . I bet you're thinking now "Geez, can't this guy just let it go? He's already seen I haven't replied to his stupid comment about my thoughts and his supposed mind-reading skills, what an idiot!" . Me = right again, unfortunately, LOL!

^I'm just curious about your motives. What made you post your comments? Have you actually been reading my posts? Or are you just commenting on the number, with no regard to the subject matter?

C'mon. Tell us what's really going on in that pretty little head of yours.

OK, you've got me. I've been checking out the Personality Place and NPD forums for a while now. I am confused as hell about my life and who I actually am. I have/had depression (I'm not sure, I've had some OK patches recently), struggle with people in general, avoid people at my office and I've been to some therapy. OK, they said check out Asperger's/Autism because of your weird childhood obsessions and being quite intelligent/talented. But, I don't know if they are right, well, they seem right in their argument. But, I've got this feeling in me like I deserve all of these things in my life, like I'm just a nasty person inside, who likes being alone (but craves love and friendship at the same time). I got no idea what's going on in me and my mind and what the problem really is. OK, I don't think I'm psychotic because I can't remember manipulating people really or doing something dastardly with no remorse. And, I sometimes feel people's pain. But, my grandmother and my dad seem to have some of these traits, so I don't know what to think anymore. I don't want to live in denial either. I want to get better (but sometimes I don't). If I have NPD, then I want to see if it is so. There is a point in life where you've got to accept truths about yourself, even if they are not so good. I dunno, I'm somewhat self-absorbed, but I never thought in a bad way, just in a keeping to myself way. My thing is I'm not avoiding people because I feel superior to them, I just don't wish to bother them with, well, me. I'm quite a boring person and I just feel I have nothing to tell them. But, they always seem to see both as one in the same thing and automatically think I'm being avoidant or grandiose.

Oh yes, sorry, I was just looking at number, not subject matter .

Have you been seeing a mental health professional?

I've had nasty people suggest that I'm autistic/asperger's. I've taken a few online tests, and found that I have virtually none of the traits.
My view of people with NPD traits, is that although we act like we're superior, we actually have an inferiority complex, and we are very sensitive.
My own view is that all people with NPD traits were severely damaged somehow, and that the traits we exhibit are a defense mechanism. A mechanism that can be tough to change, unfortunately.
I do want to change and get better in ways that make it possible to enjoy friendships. I don't have to have many friends, just 1 or 2 would be fine by me.

My own experiences have convinced me that it is very difficult to figure out for myself where my "real" problems lie. As difficult as it may be, I need to talk to a mental health professional to help me be a little more objective.