- Having an exaggerated sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
- Being preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
- Believing they are "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
- Requiring excessive admiration
- Having a sense of entitlement (i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with their expectations)
- Being interpersonally exploitative (i.e., take advantage of others to achieve their own ends)
- Lacking empathy: unwilling to recognize or identify the feelings and needs of others
- Being envious of others and believing that others envy them
- Displaying arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes
Sound like anyone you know?
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