The Narcissistic Checklist
- This person has achieve more than most people his or her age.
- This person is firmly convinced that he or she is better, smarter, or more talented than other people.
- This person loves competition, but is a poor loser.
- This person has fantasies of doing something great or being famous, and often expects to be treated as if these fantasies had already come true.
- This person has very little interest in what other people are thinking or feeling, unless he or she wants something from them.
- This person is a name dropper.
- To this person it is very important to live in the right place and associate with the right people.
- This person takes advantage of other people to achieve his or her own goals.
- This person usually manages to be in a category by him or herself.
- This person often feels put upon when asked to take care of his or her responsibilities to family, friends, or work group.
- This person regularly disregards rules or expects them to be changed because he or she is in some way special.
- This person becomes irritated when other people don’t automatically do what he or she wants them to do, even when they have a good reason for not complying.
- This person thinks most criticisms of him or her are motivated by jealousy.
- This person regards anything short of worship to be rejection.
- This person suffers from a congenital inability to recognize his or her own mistakes. On the rare occasions that this person does recognize a mistake, even the slightest error can precipitate a major depression.
- This person often explains why people who are better known than he or she is not really all that great.
- This person often complains of being mistreated or misunderstood.
- People either love or hate this person.
- Despite this person’s overly high opinions of him or herself, he or she is really quite intelligent and talented.
Scoring: Five or more true answers qualifies the person as a Narcissistic Emotional Vampire, though not necessarily for a diagnosis of Narcissistic Personality. If the person scores higher than ten, and is not a member of the royal family, be careful that you aren’t mistaken for one of the servants.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder Checklist:
A pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, lack of empathy, as indicated by at least five of the following:
- A grandiose sense of self-importance
- Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
- Believes that he or she is “special” and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
- Requires excessive admiration
- Has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favourable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
- Is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
- Lacks empathy and is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
- Is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
- Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes
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