From Dr Sam Vadkin, the utmost expert in NPD ( arising from lack of maternal nourishing in first years (1-3 years )....NPDs turn to “malignant self-love” to cope :
Proposed Amended Criteria for the Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Feels grandiose and self-important (e.g., exaggerates accomplishments, talents, skills, contacts, and personality traits to the point of lying, demands to be recognised as superior without commensurate achievements);
Is obsessed with fantasies of unlimited success, fame, fearsome power or omnipotence, unequalled brilliance (the cerebral narcissist), bodily beauty or sexual performance (the somatic narcissist), or ideal, everlasting, all-conquering love or passion;
Firmly convinced that he or she is unique and, being special, can only be understood by, should only be treated by, or associate with, other special or unique, or high-status people (or institutions);
Requires excessive admiration, adulation, attention and affirmation – or, failing that, wishes to be feared and to be notorious ( using others as “Narcissistic Supply”...ie, feeding the disorder)
Feels entitled.
Demands automatic and full compliance with his or her unreasonable expectations for special and favourable priority treatment;
Is “interpersonally exploitative”, i.e., uses others to achieve his or her own ends;
Devoid of empathy. Is unable or unwilling to identify with, acknowledge, or accept the feelings, needs, preferences, priorities, and choices of others;
Constantly envious of others and seeks to hurt or destroy the objects of his or her frustration.
Suffers from persecutory (paranoid) delusions as he or she believes that they feel the same about him or her and are likely to act similarly;
Behaves arrogantly and haughtily. Feels superior, omnipotent, omniscient, invincible, immune, “above the law”, and omnipresent (magical thinking).
Rages when frustrated, contradicted, or confronted by people he or she considers inferior to him or her and unworthy.
http://samvak.tripod.com/npdglance.html
‘Narcissists are amoral. They consider themselves to be above the law. Once in power, they will try to strengthen their hold by surrounding themselves with equally amoral people.’
‘Narcissists are often callous and even ruthless. As the norm, they lack conscience.’
‘America is at a crucial moment in its history. I cannot think of any disaster greater than putting a pathological narcissist in control of the world’s most powerful military machine.’
‘This election is like no other in the history of America. The issues are insignificant compared to what is at stake. What can be more dangerous than having a man bereft of conscience, a serial liar, and one who cannot distinguish his fantasies from reality as the leader of the free world?
America is on the verge of destruction.
There is no insanity greater than electing a pathological narcissist as predident.’
Understanding Obama: The Making of a Fuehrer
By Ali Sina
http://www.faithfreedom.org/obama.html
Great post! Thanks. My brother in law, and his wife adopted a 5 yr old boy. when I first met him, I knew he was defective. he would shout bizarre things like, ‘I have the power to destroy the world’ he had/has all the attributes of cerebral narcissism like Obama, although I didn’t know at the time the nature of his ‘mentalness’ I said to my family that this child will be a huge problem, and I was right. Obama has learned to hide his narcissistic qualities, but not all the time.