NPD

Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Everyone loves, whether it’s themselves or if it is another. It is good to have confidence and faith in yourself, to love yourself, but taken to far it can become self-centeredness to take over your life. Some people, however, can’t even control it. They are diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). Narcissistic Personality Disorder described to a tee would be: a personality disorder in which the individual is described as being excessively preoccupied with issues of personal adequacy, power, prestige and vanity. According to Groopman and Cooper the cause of NPD is unknown but based off of various researchers there is a possibility that it is related to:
♥An oversensitive temperament at birth is the main symptomatic chronic form
♥Being praised for perceived exceptional looks or abilities by adults
♥Excessive admiration that is never balanced with realistic feedback
♥Excessive praise for good behaviors or excessive criticism for poor behaviors in childhood
♥Overindulgence and overvaluation by parents
♥Severe emotional abuse in childhood
♥Unpredictable or unreliable caregiving from parents
♥Valued by parents as a means to regulate their own self-esteem
Some of these traits are a normal part of development, only becoming a part of NPD when it continues into adulthood and becomes basically their only priority and they don’t partake in interpersonal environments. Perhaps a defense against shame, that is what some research studies have shown NPD to be a part of. There are many subtypes of NPD but there is a common treatment, psychotherapy. It’s hard to get fond of another when you only care about yourself. Grow your range of caring and do such by having psychotherapy.

Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder