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the narcissistic personality disorder love for ourselves dominates. Individuals
who develop a narcissistic personality disorder believe that they are special
and unique. They expect to receive approval and praise for their superior
qualities and often are proud and arrogant. By virtue of the personal values
that they believe they possess, they want to be with prestigious people of high
social or intellectual level. Finally, they often have fantasies of unlimited
success, power, beauty or ideal love. Because the outside world has been
replaced by their Ego, these individuals show a lack of sensitivity to the
needs and feelings of others. They lack empathy and can easily abuse others
without regard to the consequences. Furthermore, others are idealized as long
as they satisfy the need for admiration and gratification. Interactions tend to
be emotionally cold and detached, irrespective of the pain they generate. These
people break rather than strengthen bonds.
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