A Fate That Narcissists Will Hate: Being Ignored

New York Times ^ | November 29, 2010 | Charles Zanor

[Art in Idaho]

The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (due out in 2013, and known as DSM-5) has eliminated five of the 10 personality disorders that are listed in the current edition.

Narcissistic personality disorder is the most well-known of the five, and its absence has caused the most stir in professional circles.

[Art in Idaho]

Hat tip to Beckwith at The Obama File for this one. In 2013, when the DSM-V comes out, Narcissistic Personality Disorder will not be it it! Voila', Obama's NPD will be gone. Zip, nada. He'll then be a paragon of mental health. How's that for power?

In the meantime, remember these traits:

1. Grandiose sense of self-importance.

2. Preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, beauty, or ideal love.

3. Sense of specialness, belief he can only be understood by or should associate only with other special or high-status individuals or institutions.

4. Need for excessive admiration.

5. Heightened sense of entitlement, leading to unreasonable expectations that others should treat him especially favorably or comply automatically with his expectations.

6. Tendency to be interpersonally exploitive. A person with NPD does not hesitate in taking advantage of others to meet his own ends.

7. Lack of empathy, an inability or unwillingness to recognize or identify with the feelings or needs of others.

8. An envy of other people, or conversely, a belief that other people envy him.

9. A tendency toward arrogant behavior or attitude.

Sound familiar? Obama may have twisted the arms of the Psychiatric establishment to drop NPD, but the illness will continue to be diagnosed by millions of clinicians. We know one when we see one. . .

[freedumb2003]

Crap! I knew they would diagnose me as having a mental illness. Clearly the people who made this list are out to get me.

Do you think I can parlay this into a big-time payout?

[wastedyears]

I’d love to see Liberalism in there.

Conversely, I’m sure they’d love to see Conservatism in there, too. Only problem is, we don’t have an obsession with controlling other peoples’ lives.

[Art in Idaho]

Two good summary URLs on Obama and NPD Here and Here.

Two more years. . . May God help us all.

[irishtenor]

Just because you are paranoid doesn’t mean people aren’t out to get you.

[bgill]

Obama who?

[Art in Idaho]

I’d love to see Liberalism in there. Conversely, I’m sure they’d love to see Conservatism in there, too. Only problem is, we don’t have an obsession with controlling other peoples’ lives.

Yes, I think Savage is right when he calls Liberalism a mental disorder. . and yes, Conservatism and Gun-Toting religious Patriot too.

[freedumb2003]

>>Just because you are paranoid doesn’t mean people aren’t out to get you<<

Oh they are, they are...

[Art in Idaho]

I’d love to see Liberalism in there. Conversely, I’m sure they’d love to see Conservatism in there, too. Only problem is, we don’t have an obsession with controlling other peoples’ lives.

Yes, I think Savage is right when he calls Liberalism a mental disorder. . and yes, Conservatism and Gun-Toting religious Patriot too.

[bruinbirdman]

"Do you think I can parlay this into a big-time payout?"

There should be some reparations still sitting in Obama's stash.

yitbos

[Brad from Tennessee]

Ping.

[Art in Idaho]

Obama who?

LOL, Now that will get his attention!

[dragonblustar]

Sounds like a lot of liberals I know.

[GOP Poet]

bookmark

[Art in Idaho]

Sounds like a lot of liberals I know.

Yes, me too. Hard to argue with them because of the narcissistic traits.

[Niteflyr]

I wonder if the Narcissist In Chief had anything to do with this?

[fieldmarshaldj]

[Art in Idaho]

Oh,oh, here comes the narcissistic rage. : )

[steve86]

Posted several times already. I’m still waiting to hear what the other four dropped PDs are.

# (F60.0) Paranoid personality disorder
# (F60.1) Schizoid personality disorder
# (F60.2) Antisocial personality disorder
# (F60.3) Borderline personality disorder
# (F60.4) Histrionic personality disorder
# (F60.5) Anankastic personality disorder
# (F60.6) Anxious (avoidant) personality disorder
# (F60.7) Dependent personality disorder
# (F60.8) Other specific personality disorders
* Passive-aggressive personality disorder

[Art in Idaho]

I wonder if the Narcissist In Chief had anything to do with this?

Same thought I had. In the 80's and 90's at the Psychiatric meetings, talk of narcissism and NPD were all the rage - now it won't exist. . .