Is Narcissism an all or nothing thing? Can people be varying degrees?
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Yes people can have varying levels. Being a narcissist means you have Narcissist Personality Disorder (NPD). There are various traits associated with the personality disorder and some or all can be present in a person with NPD.
Some people just focus too much on image and will go too far to make themselves more “perfect” where as some people are so narcissistic they kill people. Profilers actually look for narcissists because psychopathic killers are often full of themselves.
It’s important to note that narcissism itself is not a disorder; it’s a trait that occurs in all people to varying degrees. It’s only when those narcissistic traits begin to negatively affect a person’s life and relationships that they become part of a diagnosable mental health condition known as narcissistic personality disorder, or NPD. It’s also possible for someone to have a few of the characteristics of narcissism without meeting the clinical criteria for full-blown NPD.
People are on a continuum, most people are sort of in the middle but some are more extreme than others
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