I think I am finally moving on

[Basiliximab]

Originally Posted by Seija

Up to 5% the population has narcissistic personality disorder. Extropolate that out to 248 million Americans, and 8 billion people on earth, and that's a lot of people. Also, estimates are that 158 million Americans, more than half the US population, have been exposed to narcissistic abuse.

So no, it's not tossed around too much.

https://psychcentral.com/lib/narciss...e-in-the-u-s#1

And if you work in retail, you'll notice a ton of self-entitlement activity by people; they're not necessarily Narcissists, but that would be one of the traits. There's more of them than you would think (5% seems kind of a low estimate; not sure how that percentage was determined and don't have time to read the article. It also may be that there's a great deal more that may not exactly be able to be diagnosed with this disorder; they exhibit several of the traits, but fall short perhaps by a marker or two. Yet they would lean way more toward being that way if there were like a "narcissist spectrum" than say a non-narcissist person. It's typically difficult to slap labels on people and expect a clear categorization; it's more often shades of gray).

When someone uses the term I just figure they know the person well enough to assess that they demonstrate many characteristics of a Narcissist, not that they've been diagnosed. It just strikes me that a great majority have not been. Like my brother, I wouldn't know if he's been diagnosed, but he has demonstrated beyond any shred of a doubt many narcissistic traits.

[moongirl00]

That was a great article. The gyst is that there are literally billions of victims of narcissist abuse but there is almost no public awareness of the problem. Leaving victims with few or no places to turn for understanding and compassion or help.

I was raised by one and have/had c-PTSD from it. This was the opinion of my therapist but once she told me this I could clearly see it. Some of my experiences with emotional abuse in my childhood are so hair raising I would probably be accused of trolling or lying if I relayed them so I tend to keep it to myself.

But some examples are being, frequently, publicly shamed, humiliated, and berated. Being told I was lying or faking it any time I had an illness or injury. Being told I was lying when I disclosed sexual abuse. Being accused of being manipulative if I cried and being screamed at and threatened with violence because I was crying.

[gwynedd1]

Originally Posted by zentropa

A narcissist has the potential to be a "good guy"? How do you figure?

I figure he's good looking.