Dealing with a personality disorder

Sometimes we run into people who have mental health problems that are difficult for family members or society to deal with. Narcissistic personality disorder is one of them. Here are parts of an article from Good Housekeeping magazine on the subject. Perhaps you may know of or have even voted for someone with this disorder. (Disclosure: I once earned money by selling Good Housekeeping magazine subscriptions door-to-door.) 

What is narcissism? 

“Narcissism is a personality style that is characterized by patterns including variable empathy, entitlement, grandiosity, validation- and admiration-seeking, envy of others, egocentricity, low capacity for mutual and reciprocal relationships and a deep sense of insecurity that underlies all of this,” says Ramani Durvasula, a psychologist and author of several books including “Don’t you know who I am? How to stay sane in an era of narcissism, entitlement and incivility.”