When I was 20 I was diagnosed by a psychologist with having Narcissistic Personality Disorder. At first I was in denial about but over time I come to terms with my narcissism and the diagnosis started to make sense to me. A lot of my problems can be traced back to my unrealistic self image and lack of ability to relate with others.
There’s a lot of stigma towards NPD. I hope by making this thread I can help others understand that having NPD doesn’t inherently make you a bad person and NPD hurts the person with it as well.
That thing you practice “imagining other people as you” thats empathy. Putting your mind in thier point of view and perceiving their perspective lets you understand what they are going through. Everyone has problems, when you find somone with the patience to learn how to love you the way you need, learn to love them the way they need to be loved. Its not NPD to love yourself.
I never said it was. I guess it’s a part of other peoples nature. I can like other people but emphasizing with others just doesn’t come naturally to me.