What Is a Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
5. Inward Symptoms
Beneath the brash outward symptoms lies a very different kind of character. People with the disorder will often feel depressed because they feel as though they are underachieving. Despite their outward arrogance, the patient can privately have feelings of vulnerability and insecurity.
Their insecurity can mean that patient will sometimes become very upset when they don’t get special treatment. Their need to make other people look inferior can sometimes make the patient react angrily. They can have considerable difficulty dealing with criticism, and can have real difficulties dealing with stressful situations. Relationships can suffer as the patient struggles with not being able to get their own way.
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