Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Someone who is so desperate for validation that they need to congratulate themselves after a terrorist attack has psychological issues they need to resolve.

-          Tim Miller

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Licensed therapists, psychoanalysts and psychiatrists are bound by their ethical code from proffering a professional assessment of a public figure they have not personally examined.  Inasmuch as I am none of the foregoing you are free to draw your own conclusions.

Sometimes something interesting comes from a good, old-fashioned Google search.  In this case – Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

The symptoms below constitute a fascinating list of obvious qualities that apparently some people place a high value upon:

• Reacts to criticism with anger, shame or humiliation
• Has unreasonable expectation of favorable treatment
• Takes advantage of others to reach his or her own goals
• Exaggerates own importance
• Exaggerates achievements, talents and worth
• Entertains unrealistic fantasies about success, power, beauty, intelligence or romance
• Requires constant attention and positive reinforcement from others
• Is easily jealous
• Disregards the feelings of others, lacks empathy
• Has obsessive self-interest
• Pursues mainly selfish goals

You can learn more here.