So you can’t maintain long-term relationships, who cares?! You’re beautiful! You’re charming and smart and everyone loves me! I mean you!! So what, you constantly seek the admiration of others? They should admire you!  You are special and unique and the world revolves around me! I mean you!!

If you want to live a life filled with worry and gloom and taking responsibility for your own actions then narcissism may not be for you. Narcissists never have to feel shame, remorse or guilt ever! And on top of that they have no consciousness of emptiness within. The most important thing is that my needs are met. I mean yours.

Being a narcissist means counting yourself among the greats: Napoleon, Saddam Hussein, Picasso and ME!! So go ahead, preoccupy yourself with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, and ideal love. I deserve it!! I mean you.

J.A., PhD