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How do you recognize narcissism?
Answer JSB - the classic narcissist I believe that I have a neighbour who suffers from this problem. He will take it upon himself to tell others that they should… do this or that, because that is the way he likes it done, or he will do things to other peoples property in their absence and then send them the bill because he believes totally that he has a right to do so. He talks about himself in grandiose terms as if he is a CEO of some massive multinational company when in fact he dabbles at a bit of small jobbing building (not very efficiently) and is otherwise mostly at home. He loves to interfere in other peoples lives by doing pointless things to annoy , and appears to find it impossible to just live quietly and keep himself to himself within a small village community (definitely a small fish in a small pond) although when questioned about this he will assure you that he has totally altruistic reasons for doing so - even if he has stolen from you! He seems totally without conscience - but I believe he actually cannot see any opinion but his own, nor recognise that anything anyone else says has merit. He will even argue that (for instance) a piece of land is "his" and he "bought" it - whilst you are showing him the deeds that clearly state it is not his or the person he claims "sold" it to him is stating that they did not. He can waffle on for hours (seriously) about how well loved and respected he is in the community and what he has done for us all - when in fact we all dread him coming into sight (and indeed most of us will hide, or pretend not to hear the door or will grab car keys so that we may rush past him on an "urgent mission" to escape the hours of listening to him pat himself on the back). He is actually detested and considered a con man and a crook by most of us - to the extent that when something is felt to be totally wierd irritating and awkward we refer to it as being "totally JSB" (his initials). When foiled he becomes petulant and childish and has little written tantrums that are rather amusing for all they are gradually very wearing. In all megalomanic narcissist of the year. (MORE)
