Narcissistic personality disorder

Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a medial term used to refer to a dissocial individual with a leadership personality type. Individuals who suffer from NPD are excessively preoccupied with issues of personal adequacy, power, prestige and vanity.

Symptoms
Symptoms of this disorder include, but are not limited to:


 * Reacts to criticism with anger, shame, or humiliation
 * May take advantage of others to reach his or her own goal
 * Tends to exaggerate their own importance, achievements, and talents
 * Imagines unrealistic fantasies of success, beauty, power, intelligence, or romance
 * Requires constant attention and positive reinforcement from others
 * Easily becomes jealous
 * Lacks empathy and disregards the feelings of others
 * Obsessed with oneself
 * Mainly pursues selfish goals
 * Trouble keeping healthy relationships
 * Is easily hurt and rejected
 * Sets unrealistic goals
 * Wants "the best" of everything
 * Appears as tough-minded or unemotional