what does narcistic mean???

Answer 1

Excessive admiration of oneself. A person that is only concerned with their wants and needs and is a me me me person. They will do whatever is necessary, lie, cheat, steal, kill, to achieve their goals for their own personal elevation and satisfaction. In other words, they do whatever is necessary to get what they want and will walk over or destroy anyone to achieve this purpose. They are without conscience.

This word is taken from Greek Mythology from a young man by the name of Narcissus. He looked at himself in a pool of water and thought he had never seen such beauty and that nothing could ever match the beauty he saw in his reflection. He pinned away like this until he was turned into the flower we have today carrying the same name. You are probably more familiar with the flower called the daffodil.

Answer 2

Although the term Narcism is often used for a healthy or somewhat big feeling of loving oneselve it is also the term of a narcistic personality disorder (NPD). This is somewhat confusing and next to that the terms Narcism and Narcissism (because the term is originated in the extreme idle personality of Narcissus from ancient Greek history) also are both used. In the case of NPD there is a unhealthy self-love involved, that even can grow into megalomanic fantasies with an extreme wish of being admired. The NPD mostly shows up in the adolescence and causes a deficit in the ability of having compassion with other people. Unfortunately NPD does not disappear during the process of growing up. Some narcissists are also known for continously pointing their critisism towards others in order to do anything in avoiding critisism towards themselves. In both cases the problem of NPD lies in the way of handling self-love and self-values, although both act different upon these feelings.

In lamen's terms, narcisitic just means you have a swelled head, think too highly of your self, have a massive ego problem, are self centered, I think you get the nub and thrust.

However, on I will elaborate.

Praising oneselve into the sky and feeling important, exaggerating own abilities, so other people see how good he or she is, with loss of reality.

Bum bum bum..... the 'Signs'

Always engaged with images of the ideal relationship, great succes, power and striking with beauty.

Convinced of how unique and special he/she is and convinced that only a very few understand him or her. At preferral these few are people with a certain rank or status which the narcissist would like to belong to.

Demands exaggerated admiration from the environment.

Is willing to use others in order to reach his goal.

Is convinced to be privileged and expecting others always to consider his or her expectations.

A shortness of compassion, because acknowledgement of feelings from other people is not possible for narcistic patients.

haughty attitude and acting.

Is often jealous and thinks other people are jealous at him or her.

Why is this happening to me?? Why me?!?!?!

Assumed is that the development of narcism is mainly originated in the adolescence, partly caused by a lack of compassion from parents and environment. Because they react ad hoc to situations a lack of needed reactions develops in the child, which results in a shattered self-image. Often is directed to the similarities with the Borderline Personality Disorder, because in both cases a problem with the self-image has arosen. The difference is, that with NPD the personality is misjudged, while with BPD one takes distance from his personality.

Well, you might ask, how can I treat this, 1337Claire?

The most support seems to exist for a psychotherapeutic treatment, in which it is very important that the therapist is capable of entering into the patients feelings. In the case of the NPD-patient this is very depending on his image of the therapist and it is therefore sometimes needed to change therapists for a few times, until somebody is found that is accepted by the patient and who gets access to his world and where the patient has the feeling of being understood.

Answer 3

do you mean narcissistic? It means the following:


Excessive love or admiration of oneself. A psychological condition characterized by self-preoccupation, lack of empathy, and unconscious deficits in self-esteem.
Erotic pleasure derived from contemplation or admiration of one's own body or self, especially as a fixation on or a regression to an infantile stage of development.
The attribute of the human psyche charactized by admiration of oneself but within normal limits.

Answer 4

It's narcissistic, after a guy in Greek mythology called Narcissus who so loved admiring his own reflection in the water of a pool that he died of starvation because he couldn't tear himself away. It means excessively self-centred.

Answer 5

It means you are really vain and can't help but look at at your face in the mirror. It can also mean very into yourself/expecting constant compliments/always thinking about yourself. There is a greek(i think) god that is named "Narcissis" who further explains this trait.

Answer 6

has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
requires excessive admiration
has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes

Answer 7

in love w/yourself -greek mthology