[Blind Gossip] There is a serious mental illness called Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
The Mayo Clinic says that DSM-5 criteria for narcissistic personality disorder include these features:
- Having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
- Expecting to be recognized as superior even without achievements that warrant it
- Exaggerating your achievements and talents
- Being preoccupied with fantasies about success, power, brilliance, beauty or the perfect mate
- Believing that you are superior and can only be understood by or associate with equally special people
- Requiring constant admiration
- Having a sense of entitlement
- Expecting special favors and unquestioning compliance with your expectations
- Taking advantage of others to get what you want
- Having an inability or unwillingness to recognize the needs and feelings of others
- Being envious of others and believing others envy you
- Behaving in an arrogant or haughty manner
NPD affects approximately 6% of the population, men more than women, blacks more than whites.
Here is some additional information about NPD from WebMD:
It’s human nature to be selfish and boastful now and then, but true narcissists take it to an extreme. They don’t just have extra self-confidence, they don’t value others’ feelings or ideas and ignore others’ needs.
But there’s a difference between being self-absorbed, often called a narcissist, and having narcissistic personality disorder, which is a mental illness.
If you can recognize a few of the traits below, that’s someone who’s self-absorbed. If he has most of them, he might have the disorder.
He might:
- Think about himself most of the time and talk about himself a lot
- Crave attention and admiration
- Exaggerate his talents and achievements
- Believe he’s special
- Set unrealistic goals
- Have wide, fast mood swings
- Have a hard time taking others’ feelings seriously
- Strive to win, whatever it takes
- Fantasize about unlimited success, money, and power
Sound like someone you know? Are people often upset with him? Is it hard for him to keep relationships? Does he tend put himself first and think he knows the only “right” way?
Someone like this may appear to have high self-esteem, but the opposite is probably true. There’s a deep sense of insecurity underneath that grand exterior. He wants others to be envious, but often he’s the jealous one. He’s competitive and threatened by others’ achievements.
He’s easily hurt, but either chooses to not show it or overreacts in rage. He can’t stand criticism. He sees himself as a natural leader who can easily sway others. He doesn’t listen and often interrupts. It’s a one-way street — all take, no give.
Parents who put their children on a pedestal and shower them with endless praise can plant a seed of narcissism. There’s a line between being nurturing and supportive and inflating an ego.
Name any of the following who may have NPD: a world leader, a Presidential Candidate, a male rapper, and a male actor.
World Leader:
Presidential Candidate:
Male Rapper:
Male Actor:
[Optional] Do you personally know anyone with NPD? How do you deal with them?
JHntr113 says
Obama, Clinton, Kanye, Eddie Murphy.
wholelottamama says
World leader- North Korea dude? Or Putin
Presidential candidate- obvs. Trump
Male rapper- Kanye
Actor- hmmmm. Tom cruise and his truth is all Scientology?
Kerzep says
World Leader: Vladimir Putin
Presidential Candidate: You’re kidding, right? “The Donald”
Male Rapper: All of them (with Kanye leading the pack)
Male Actor: Leo
elancait says
My husband is a psychologist and says he’s pretty sure there’s a higher rate of NPD in the celebrity world than in the rest of the world (just because people with the disorder are drawn to a career that puts all the attention on them). So there could be a lot of ways to answer this. But the obvious ones are:
World Leader: Putin
Presidential Candidate: Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye
Male Actor: Leo DiCaprio
basketballgrl says
World Leader: Putin
Prez Candidate: Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye
Male Actor: ???
huhwhoami says
kim yung jong
trump
Kanye
leo
all just guesses
johnnyjewel says
PUTIN
TRUMP
KANYE
don’t know who male actor is….SO MANY could be that one.
Stackhouse says
Without wanting to go into detail, my field of expertise is psychology, and – to the surprise of none – Cluster B personality disorders, NPD especially, is fairly common in the entertainment industry (especially within the reality show genre, as NPDs crave fame, power and fortune without really deserving it or wanting to truly work for it). There are a lot of celebrities who exhibit textbook traits of specific PDs. NPD: Trump, Kanye, Kim K & her mother, Bradley C, Charlie S, et al.
mystic1 says
World Leader: Vladimir Putin
Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye West
Male Actor: Tom Cruise
bmj524 says
World Leader: Putin
Pres Candidate: Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye
Male Actor: Charlie Sheen
bhakti says
Donald Trump, Kanye West, Alec Baldwin, Harvey Levin, Pimp Momma Kris
vimmafiend says
Putin
Trump
Fish sticks West
Charlie Sheen
TerryP says
World Leader: Putin
Presidential Candidate: TRUMP (Trump Tower, Trump Casino, Trump Golf Course, etc.)
Male Rapper: Kanye, although I think he’s showing signs of a serious mental illness.
Male Actor: DiCaprio???
funky monkey says
World leader: Kim Jung Whatshisname (N. Korean dude)
Candidate: Trump
Rapper: Kanye
Actor: Charlie Sheen
Also, I dated a sociopath once. Amazingly close to NPD.
tiger13 says
putin, trump, kanye, charlie sheen
chaseboogie says
World leader: Putnin
Presidential Candidate: Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye
Male Actor: Tom Cruise
Dancing with Mr D says
Well, obviously the male rapper is Kanye; there was just a Blind about it
World Leader: Obama (I know I’ll get shot down for this)
Presidential Candidate: Trump (hey, he’s no worse than Obama)
Actor: Geez, so many.
qweenperky says
World Leader: The Kim John (North Korea)
Presidential Candidate: The Donald (south of Hell)
Male Rapper: The Kanye
Male Actor: The Day-Lewis
Sharcat says
World Leader: Vladimir Putin
Presidential Candidate : Donald Trump
Rapper: Kanye West
Male Actor: Bill Cosby
StellaK says
I just got rapper. Kanye.
I actually think bipolar is more plausible and his narcissistic features are mania or hypomania.
erininla35 says
Vladimir Putin
Donald Trump
Kanye West
Charlie Sheen
FiyahHotFlashy says
Putin, Trump, Kanye and Charlie Sheen
StellaK says
I’ll add Donald Trump and Shia Labeouf
lepidoteran says
World Leader: Vladimir Putin
Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye
Male Actor: Tom Cruise
Laughing1 says
World leader: Putin
Candidate: Trump
Rapper: Krapye
Actor: Cruise
TexasHeat says
World Leader: Vladimir Putin
Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye West
Male Actor: Tom Cruise
Whisper says
Presidential Candidate: Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye
Male Actor : Tom Cruise, Jolie, Gibson
jrzygirl says
Putin
Trump
Kanye
Sheen
FoxinSox says
Putin
Trump
Kanye
Actor is tough…..Alec Baldwin…..or Charlie Sheen
IAmSage says
World Leader: Vladimir Putin
Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye West
Male Actor: Tom Cruise
algarve2016 says
World Leader: Putin
Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye West
Male Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio
Optional: Of course I do! I’m a therapist! (People with NPD hardly ever come into the office, unless they get themselves into so much trouble that they need a therapist to write a report for them for work or court. I set boundaries, don’t let them get away with anything, and sit back and watch the show while they play mental chess.
readenreply says
Putin
Trump
Kanye
Sheen
quickchick says
Kim Jong-un
Donald Trump
Kanye West
Will Smith
Chantal says
World Leader: Kim Jong Un
Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye the Supreme Egotist
Male Actor: ??
scoot22 says
World leader: ??
Presidential Candidate: Hillary Clinton –Hillary, you don’t deserve to be president just because you are a woman.
Male Rapper: Kanye
Male Actor: Any of them?
jamiedc78 says
Kanye, Trump & most of Hollywood
eas12397 says
Putin
Trump
Kanye
Sean Penn
jamiedc78 says
Putin for the world leader and Leo Dicaprio for the actor
BoatGirl says
World Leader: Putin
Presidential Candidate: Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye
Male Actor: Charlie Sheen
[Optional] Do you personally know anyone with NPD? How do you deal with them? I had a boss that I think had NPD. It was terrifying. I was looking for a new job within 3 weeks, luckily, she left a few months later. Everyone was petrified of her – she had sued multiple companies. Crazy as a bedbug.
prissy says
Rapper is def kanye
PoniTayl says
World Leader: NObama
Presidential Candidate: Killary Clinton
Male Rapper: Kangay
Male Actor: Shia LaDouche
crazycatlady says
World Leader: Putin
Presidential Candidate: Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye
Male Actor: ??
Unfortunately I have worked with a few people who had some of these traits, but none were full-blown NPD. I tried to steer clear of them if I could.
heyitsariane says
World Leader: Kim Jong-un
Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye West
Male Actor: ??
plumplum says
Putine /Donald Trump/Kanye West / no idea for the actor
2BEAUCOUP says
obama
clinton
kanye
sheen
Lower case to piss them off,God save us for the next weeks.
Go TRUMP Go
sassygurl1987 says
World Leader: Could this be Angela Merkel???
Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump(douche)
Male Rapper: Kan(t)ye West
Male Actor: Not sure but I’ll put George Clooney’s name. Lol.
mere1012 says
World leader: Kim Jong-Un
Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye West
Male Actor: Charlie Sheen
CelebrityGirl says
World Leader:Vladimir Putin
Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye West
Male Actor: Charlie Sheen
[Optional] Do you personally know anyone with NPD? How do you deal with them? Pretty sure a former friend had it. I cut off the friendship.
Lizbait says
Putin
Trump
West
Affleck
BTW- the first three are also actors!!
Aenwyn says
World Leader: Putin and/or Kim Jong Un (anyone who answers “Obama” has been drinking too much of the conservative kool-aid, whether you like his policies or not).
Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye West
Male Actor: Charlie Sheen
Trump and Sheen are exceptionally repulsive, I couldn’t even sit through Sheen’s HIV reveal.
dmknyc says
Putin/Trump/West/?
timesink says
The world leader would either be: Kim Jong-un or Dick Cheney (I think he called the shots)
Presidential Candidate: Hillary Clinton: I mean this sincerely, I know where you are trying to go with this blind, but Trump has had the courage to call out the right on the Iraq war, & the left on letting anyone in without controls. HRC made a mess of the middle east for no reason but power, is vicious to detractors, & her foundation has dubious funding that looks like bribes from nasty dynasties.
WaitLemmeGuess says
World Leader: Putin
Presidential Candidate: Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye
Male Actor: Sean Penn
boyjack4 says
The leader of North Career
Donald Trump
Kanye West
Ben Kingsley
lindy555 says
Putin / Trump / Kanye / Tom Cruise
ellewoods says
World Leader: The Pope or Putin
Presidential Candidate: Donald trump
Male Rapper: Kanye West
Male Actor: Tom Cruise
[Optional] Do you personally know anyone with NPD? How do you deal with them?
Yes, my mother. The less interaction you have with them the better. They never change or accept responsibility for hurting others. They are often histrionic as well.
boyjack4 says
Silly iPad
North Korea of course
melscharpalace says
Kim Jong Un
Trump
Kanye
Sean Penn
Californialove says
World Leader: Obama???But dont believe that
Presidential Candidate: Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye West
Male Actor: Charlie Sheen
worldsoldestkitten says
World Leader: Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un
Presidential Candidate: Trump
Rapper: Kanye West
Male Actor: Sheesh, most of them, but first one I think of is Alec Baldwin
redstilettos says
Obama, Clinton, Kanye and 90% of them.
alittlebird says
Presidential candidate: Trump
Rapper: Kanye
these are the two blatant obvious ones
mosca1213 says
World Leader: Putin
Presidential Candidate: Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye
Male Actor: Leo
Transitioning9 says
I’ll take Donald Trump for $100
Harvey says
Putin
Trump
Kanye West
Charlie Sheen and/or Sean Penn
CoCoJoe says
World Leader: Putin, Kim Jong-un
Presidential Candidate: Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye
Male Actor: Cruise, Shia, James Franco
[Optional] Do you personally know anyone with NPD? Most addicts.
CoCoJoe says
“most addicts” a la Lindsay Lohan.
Glitter says
Obama and Kanye and Trump and possibly Putin . Don’t know the actor.
La Lurker says
Word leader: Kim Jong Un (sp?)
Presidential candidate: The Donald
Male rapper: Kanye, of course.
Male actor: Hmmm. All of them?
valleygal says
World Leader: Putin and/or Kim Jong Wotsit
Presidential Candidate: Trump
Rapper: Yeezus himself
Actor: Oohh…I don’t know. Ben Affleck? Jim Carrey?
My ex had full-blown NPD. He literally ticks every single one of the above boxes. It was a nightmarish, abusive relationship (that eventually ended due to his cheating and drug addiction). I don’t think you can ever truly change these people. It’s such a deeply embedded and overwhelming mindset that is exhausting and toxic to be…
azgirl says
World Leader: Vladimir Putin
Presidential Candidate: Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye West
Male Actor: Tom Cruise
I have a family member with this disorder and I just try to stay away! So annoying, always telling outlandish tales and expecting you to praise them.
pinkmarie says
World Leader: Putin
Candidate: Trump
Rapper: Kanye
Actor: Johnny Depp
Marybel says
Obama
Hillary
Kanye
All of them
tonisuebequal says
Kim j Un
Butt Trumpett
Yesus
Tommy Boy/Mel Gibson
coucou says
Vladimir Putin
Donald Trump
Kanye West
Leonardo di Caprio
Tia Gordita says
Leader: Kim Jong-il
Candidate: Donald Trump
Rapper: Kanye West
Actor: Tom Cruise
fanfarlo says
Vladmir Putin
Donald Trump (Bill and Hillary Clinton def fit this description too)
Kon Me West
Charlie Sheen (and Tom Cruise)
Buckskinlady says
World Leader: Kim Jun Yong
Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye West
Male Actor: Brad Pitt
kimbers says
World Leader: putin
Presidential Candidate: trump
Male Rapper: west
Male Actor: cruise
[Optional] Do you personally know anyone with NPD? How do you deal with them?
I dont. Why would I? Life’s too short to “deal” with anyone.
PinkCrayon says
World Leader: Putin
Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye West
Male Actor: Alec Baldwin? Charlie Sheen? George Clooney? Leo? Oh hell. Half of them!
MomofSydBlake says
World Leader: Obama, of course…dude is missing Scalia’s funeral, maybe Putin
Pres. Candidate: Trump
Rapper: Kanye
Actor: Sean Penn
GrannyGoose says
World leader: Alexander Putin
Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump (um, duh!)
Male Rapper: Kanye West (also, um, duh!)
Male Actor: Hmm lots of choices here. I think, maybe, Leonardo DiCaprio
I once had a best friend who was (and still is) a narcissist. We were roommates for 7 years. She damaged my self-esteem a lot, and I’ve spent a long time working to repair it. I finally gave up on her, and excised her from my life. Best decision I’ve made in a long time.
degroohj says
World Leader: Vladamir Putin
Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye West
Male Actor: Tom Cruise
GeeGee says
World Leader: Kim Jong Un
Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye West
Male Actor: Tom Cruise
Catseyezzz says
Scott Disick …. Or my EX. Just sayin’! (And he is sitting right next to me on the couch! Hahahahhahahahahah!
Aurelia says
World Leader: Putin
Presidential Candidate: Trump
Rapper: K. West
Actor: Ben Affleck
I do know people with NPD, How I deal with them: Run! Head for the hills! Sonic Boom when I leave them behind!
caela94 says
The pope
caela94 says
Trump
KAYNE
jlynhope says
Donald Trump
Kanye West
TomCruise
I know someone with borderline Personality Disorder and it is hell to deal with. I cut her out of my life last year it was too much to handle. Just sucks the energy out of you.
Virgo826 says
Putin
Trump
Yeezy
Cruise
melly123 says
Kim Jong-Un, Donald Trump, Kanye West, not sure who the actor is
dawggy says
The Pope
Donald trump
Kanye
Will and jada smith and all their kids!!
Christine says
Hell that’s easy:
Putin
Trump
Kanye
Leonardo DiCap
Kip Terhune says
Easy Peasy:
Putin
Trump
Kanye
Cruise
Seahawks12 says
World Leader:
Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye West
Male Actor: Charlie Sheen
[Optional] Do you personally know anyone with NPD? How do you deal with them? I divorced him.
sublimeLime says
World Leader: Vladimir Putin
Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye West
Male Actor: IMO George Clooney
Seahawks12 says
Crap. I missed the World Leader: Obama and Putin
twingy74 says
World Leader: Kim Jong Il (N. Korean President)
Presidential Candidate: Trump
Male Rapper: Kanye West
Male Actor: Charlie Sheen
My mother has it. It is truly awful. I had to go “no-contact.” It was too painful and she is not capable of understanding.
kidtitan says
Trump, Kanye. Dunno about the others.
girlfriend411 says
1. Putin
2. Trump
3. Kanye
4. Tom Cruise