--- Dennis Redmond <dredmond at efn.org> wrote:
> Doug Henwood quoted :
>Narcissistic Personality Disorder
>Diagnostic Criteria
>
>A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or
behavior), need
>for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by
early adulthood
>and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by
five (or more)
>of the following:
>
>1. has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g.,
exaggerates
>achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as
superior
>without commensurate achievements)
>2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited
success, power,
>brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
>3. believes that he or she is "special" and unique
and can only be
>understood by, or should associate with, other
special or
>high-status people (or institutions)
>4. requires excessive admiration
>5. has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable
expectations of
>especially favorable treatment or automatic
compliance with his or
>her expectations
>6. is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes
advantage of
>others to achieve his or her own ends
>7. lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or
identify with the
>feelings and needs of others
>8. is often envious of others or believes that
others are envious
>of him or her
>9. shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes
Hey, this is a description of Louis Proyect.
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