| Narcissism is a personality disorder that is very | | | | people. |
| destructive to a relationship. If you often find yourself | | | | 3. Sense of entitlement. Your partner may expect and |
| feeling hurt, confused, and bewildered by your partner's | | | | demand preferential treatment as a matter of course. |
| behavior, it is possible that the root of the problem may | | | | 4. Takes advantage of others. Your partner may feel |
| be a fundamental "hard wiring" difference in your | | | | no hesitation about stepping on the wants and needs |
| partner's personality that drives him or her to behave in | | | | of others, including you, to get what he or she wants. |
| ways you don't understand. | | | | 5. Requires extreme amounts of admiration. Almost |
| Maintaining a meaningful, mutually caring relationship | | | | like a drug, your partner may seek a "narcissistic |
| with a genuine narcissist is virtually impossible. While | | | | supply" and expect and crave lavish amounts of |
| only a licensed mental health professional can diagnose | | | | praise and adulation. |
| a personality disorder, here are 7 signs to look out for | | | | 6. Is preoccupied with fantasies of ideal love, beauty, |
| if you suspect narcissism in your partner: | | | | power, and the like. Your partner may either hold you |
| 1. Lack of empathy. This is a huge sign of narcissism. | | | | up as the extreme paragon of perfection (as long as |
| Your partner may have serious difficulty putting him or | | | | you maintain his or her narcissistic supply), or devalue |
| herself in another person's shoes. This may cause him | | | | you at the opposite extreme as worthless or useless. |
| or her to act in a callous or selfish manner. | | | | 7. Is often envious of the success and |
| 2. Grandiose sense of self. Your partner may inflate | | | | accomplishments of others. The narcissist does not like |
| his or her accomplishments and think and act in a | | | | sharing the limelight with anyone, and may even |
| superior way toward others. His or her behavior may | | | | become enraged when others attract attention for |
| be haughty, and your partner may express that he or | | | | their accomplishments. |
| she ought to associate with "special" institutions or | | | | |