Telltale signs your partner is actually a narcissist

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• Narcissist Personality Disorder (NPD) is a clinical condition that is characterized by extreme selfishness and an excessive need for admiration.
• Since certain narcissistic qualities are common, it can be hard to spot them in a person you're dating.
• An official diagnosis can only be done by a doctor, but there are some telltale signs that indicate someone could be a narcissist.

We've all had those moments where we thought our partner was insanely, pathologically selfish. (At least, those of us in LTRs have…) And, though it's tempting to label your S.O. a narcissist when you're annoyed, there's a major difference between cockiness, arrogance, overconfidence, and true narcissism.

While on the surface, they do share some qualities, the difference between a selfish jerk and a clinical narcissist is that the latter has no real empathy for others, making their relationship with you all about them and their self-image. They don't care about you on a deeper level, beyond what you mirror back to them.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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