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me me me 4[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?

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  2. 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?

    • BeepBop says

      I agree with most of this list.

      World Leader: Kim Jong-un

      Presidential Candidate: Trump

      Male Rapper: Kanye West

      Male Actor: Terrence Howard

    • TheSalmon says

      THIS IS IT!
      of course all those categories attract people who are self-centered and somewhat narcissistic. That’s different than NPD, just as being a quiet nerd does not equate to being a creepy stalker who lives in his parents’ basement (and on the internet).

    • sweetpeach says

      You SO got it. I was thinking Putin, but totally agree with Kim Jong Un, too. More than likely…both.

    • ericaophelia says

      You keep saying Obama is a textbook case but as someone who’s gone through 8 years of psychology and “textbook cases” you are wrong. I do not like Obama. However, this does not label him as a narcissist. He does not meet the DSM criteria. Read THAT book.

  3. 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

    • JennyJustice says

      I change my actor guess to Charlie Sheen. He’s the only one who claims he has super powers and should be bowed down to. The others are self-absorbed and have a big ego, but Charlie’s grandiosity takes the cake. Winning!!

  4. 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

    • Stackhouse says

      Your husband is right. There have already been studies about this, they are especially drawn to reality shows and the like because it requires little to no talent, and will give them fame and attention without really earning it.

    • Tootles says

      yeah, mines a clinical psychologist too and he’s said the same.

      oh and the only one on you list I would change is remove Leo insert Charlie ‘Winning’ Sheen

    • DrunkyMcPuncherson says

      Oh you are right, totally Charlie Sheen! My answer was “too many to list”, but he comes out way on top in terms of NPD traits.

  8. 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.

    • breecos says

      Is ‘textbook’ your word of the day? You’re using it everywhere, as though your opinion is of some worth, when you couldn’t even recognise that the post said ‘world’ leader… And that the ‘world’ may just include people from countries other than the States!

  9. mystic1 says

    World Leader: Vladimir Putin
    Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump
    Male Rapper: Kanye West
    Male Actor: Tom Cruise

    • FrankensteinsMonster says

      I’m curious why Miranda Kerr? What is it that you see?

      Apart from the obvious love of limelight and trading up boyfriends to the billionaires

  13. 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???

  14. 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.

  17. 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.

  18. 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

  19. Sharcat says

    World Leader: Vladimir Putin

    Presidential Candidate : Donald Trump

    Rapper: Kanye West

    Male Actor: Bill Cosby

    • Stackhouse says

      Considering the fact that Bill Cosby is a serial rapist, who’s probably raped hundreds of women over the years; he is most likely not just a narcissist, but a true clinical psychopath (APD). And a psychopath is far more dangerous than a narcissist, although there are malignant narcissists as well.

    • DrunkyMcPuncherson says

      Really good point about Cosby. It’s interesting that we as a society idolize actors and celebrities so much that we can’t fathom that some of them have personality disorders and could be rapists and murderers and awful terrible people. Although, my ex was a sociopath, and his acting skills could have won many Oscars.

  20. StellaK says

    I just got rapper. Kanye.
    I actually think bipolar is more plausible and his narcissistic features are mania or hypomania.

    • Stackhouse says

      I’m not discounting the bipolar theory, but his narcissism is chronic, persistent and always present, and not something that fluctuates, as it would if it was solely caused by hypo/mania. Kanye West exhibits textbook NPD traits and symptoms, but NPD and bipolar disorder are not mutually exclusive. Just look at Charlie Sheen and Mel Gibson.

  23. lepidoteran says

    World Leader: Vladimir Putin

    Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump

    Male Rapper: Kanye

    Male Actor: Tom Cruise

  25. TexasHeat says

    World Leader: Vladimir Putin
    Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump
    Male Rapper: Kanye West
    Male Actor: Tom Cruise

  29. IAmSage says

    World Leader: Vladimir Putin

    Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump

    Male Rapper: Kanye West

    Male Actor: Tom Cruise

  30. 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.

  33. Chantal says

    World Leader: Kim Jong Un

    Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump

    Male Rapper: Kanye the Supreme Egotist

    Male Actor: ??

  34. 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?

  37. 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.

  39. PoniTayl says

    World Leader: NObama

    Presidential Candidate: Killary Clinton

    Male Rapper: Kangay

    Male Actor: Shia LaDouche

  40. 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.

  41. heyitsariane says

    World Leader: Kim Jong-un

    Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump

    Male Rapper: Kanye West

    Male Actor: ??

  43. 2BEAUCOUP says

    obama
    clinton
    kanye
    sheen
    Lower case to piss them off,God save us for the next weeks.
    Go TRUMP Go

  44. 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.

  45. mere1012 says

    World leader: Kim Jong-Un
    Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump
    Male Rapper: Kanye West
    Male Actor: Charlie Sheen

  46. 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.

  48. 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.

  50. 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.

  54. 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.

  57. Californialove says

    World Leader: Obama???But dont believe that

    Presidential Candidate: Trump

    Male Rapper: Kanye West

    Male Actor: Charlie Sheen

  58. 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

    • worldsoldestkitten says

      Hm, Charlie Sheen is also a good top choice for actor.

      We had a boarder at our house for a nightmare three years, simply impossible to get rid of, NPD, BPD, histrionic — it cost us thousands of dollars to get her out of there. This up-close experience makes me automatically dismiss Obama, the Clintons, Marco Rubio, and Jeb! Bush. All of those politicians are capable of at least compellingly FAKING empathy. A true NPD can’t even fake it, in my experience. Even their sympathy’s all about…

  64. 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.

  66. La Lurker says

    Word leader: Kim Jong Un (sp?)
    Presidential candidate: The Donald
    Male rapper: Kanye, of course.
    Male actor: Hmmm. All of them?

  67. 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…

  68. 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.

  74. artemisia says

    World Leader: Putin
    Rapper: Kanye
    Presidential Candidate: Trump, but actually Cruz is worse.
    Actor: Could be anyone, but I’ll say Charlie Sheen

  75. fanfarlo says

    Vladmir Putin
    Donald Trump (Bill and Hillary Clinton def fit this description too)
    Kon Me West
    Charlie Sheen (and Tom Cruise)

  76. Buckskinlady says

    World Leader: Kim Jun Yong

    Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump

    Male Rapper: Kanye West

    Male Actor: Brad Pitt

  77. 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.

  78. 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!

  79. MomofSydBlake says

    World Leader: Obama, of course…dude is missing Scalia’s funeral, maybe Putin

    Pres. Candidate: Trump

    Rapper: Kanye

    Actor: Sean Penn

  80. 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.

  81. degroohj says

    World Leader: Vladamir Putin

    Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump

    Male Rapper: Kanye West

    Male Actor: Tom Cruise

  82. GeeGee says

    World Leader: Kim Jong Un
    Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump
    Male Rapper: Kanye West
    Male Actor: Tom Cruise

  83. Catseyezzz says

    Scott Disick …. Or my EX. Just sayin’! (And he is sitting right next to me on the couch! Hahahahhahahahahah!

  84. 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!

  87. 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.

  93. 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.

  94. sublimeLime says

    World Leader: Vladimir Putin

    Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump

    Male Rapper: Kanye West

    Male Actor: IMO George Clooney

  95. 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.

    • mommagoosed says

      I feel for you, Twingy, because my mom is like that, too. I have very little contact with her because of her behaviors. 🙁

  98. puppybears says

    World Leader: having a brain fart on this
    Pres. Candidate: TRUMP
    Rapper: KANYE WEST
    Male Actor: Charlie Sheen