- - - 「 Myth-Busters 」 Before we begin, I'd like to bust some myths surrounding narcissistic personality disorder. No- it is not 'oh i'm the center of the universe.' This is a common stereotype and is absolutely NOT what people who have NPD are like. Having NPD is not just being self-centered. It is actually a person's disability to feel sympathy for people and it is not a personality trait, rather a trait picked up by their environment or other sources. - - - 「 What is narcissistic personality disorder (NPD)? 」 Narcissistic personality disorder is a disorder in which somebody has an inflated sense of self importance. This makes them want people to admire and even sometimes worship them. But behind this facade, they are secretly self-conscious and doubting themselves. Only about 0.5% - 5% of people are documented to have NPD, and 50% - 75% of the documented cases affect males. - - - 「 How does it affect someone? 」 NPD affects someone when they feel like that they deserve special treatment or reward without actual work or earning it, and even if they did, they would inflate their personal achievements even if it is as simple as winning a fight or catching a piece of prey such as a canary. Along with this, they are emotionally distant from others and can't tell when they get mad or annoyed, or need things from them. They will also manipulate others to do what they need from them, uncaring of the effect. People with NPD also tend to struggle with receiving criticism and other forms of feedback. This includes becoming angry when not receiving special treatment. They fish for compliments and actually have a very fragile self-esteem. They also belittle others to boost their own self-esteem, but never trying too hard in situations in which they might fail or situations where they have to interact socially with others and adapting to new environments and changes. They also feel frequent envy of what others have and saying things that might hurt people or expecting jealousy in return. - - - 「 How is it caused? 」 Narcissistic personality disorder has no known cause, but some possible contributors could be the environment in which they grow up. An example of this environment would be one where they receive too much adoration, or too much criticism and push to do better. Some other possible contributors could be genetics, observing the behaviors of the people around them or neuro-biological ideas such as the pathways between the pathways of the behavior and thinking. - - - 「 How does someone cope with NPD? 」 The main way to cope with narcissistic personality disorder is to do psychotherapy, and learn how to relate to normal people. In the Warrior Cats universe, help like this is not readily available, so another way to help would be to keep calm and keep an open mind. Once someone knows they have NPD, they might experience crises and personal negative effects such as demotion or other such types of things. - - - 「 Sources 」 - https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20366662 - https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/9742-narcissistic-personality-disorder
