Word of the day - NARCISSISM

The word today is Narcissism

Narcissism is a noun and means the following:

- An exaggerated interest and admiration for ones physical appearance

- Having grandiose views about (their) superiority, skills and abilities

- Possessing exaggerated avarice and elevated feelings of entitlement

- To use social/personal/political manipulation for self aggrandisement

Behind any narcissist is a child with uncontrolled
emotions of greed, temperament and "me-me-me"

If you suffer from narcissism you are a narcissist

If you are a narcissist you exhibit narcissistic character traits

If you are a narcissist you are not (normally) "bad"

There is a little narcissism in all - we all like to think we are good!

Narcissists get called "big heads", "cocky", "know-alls", "selfish"

Extreme narcissists are not really nice people to know (long term)

Narcissism is properly viewed as a spectrum, with people exhibiting degrees of traits within the population. Few people exhibit no narcissistic traits; most a few traits and then very few who actually have a dangerous (to those around) narcissistic personality disorder.

The Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI), developed by Robert Raskin and Calvin S. Hall in 1979, is the most commonly used measure of the trait. Scores range from 0 to 40, with the average tending to fall in the low to mid-teens. Healthy individuals who score somewhat higher may be perceived as exceedingly charming, especially on the first encounter, but eventually come across as vain. Such individuals may have awkward or stressful personal encounters but present a fundamentally healthy personality.

If you need more start here or here and to understand narcissism in lay-man terms I recommend this and this and this and for those of you who may be thinking, "well am I a narcissist?, Watch this. (Mr Trump - you don't need too as you know you are a rather nasty narcissist)

There is an index of words of the day.

There are narcissists amongst us, though many are covert, but once identified their life begins to come into focus, driven as it is by narcissistic behaviour(s) and selfish desires. Narcissism is rarely a topic of a popular "hit" song, but the band Garbage recorded one.