Narcissism Traits

Does your mother have any, or many narcissism traits?  Narcissism traits are the definitive list which decides if somebody has Narcissistic Personality Disorder. They have to have any 5 out of these 9 to be considered to officially have Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

These narcissism traits are, as discussed under the section about the definition of narcissisim, as follows:

Narcissism Traits:

1. A person with narcissistic personality disorder has a grandiose sense of self-importance,
   
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love,
   
3. believes that he or she is "special" and unique,
   
4. requires excessive admiration,
   
5. has a sense of entitlement,
   
6. is interpersonally exploitative,
   
7. lacks empathy,
   
8. is often envious of others or believes others are envious of him or her,
   
9. shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes.  

These narcissism traits do not, of course, even begin to describe the many difficulties of having been raised by a narcissistic mother. And, of course, many of the narcissistic mothers don't have all of those narcissism traits - don't forget, she only needs five! And I personally find that these narcissism traits are difficult to judge because how do we know what her internal fantasies are, for example (i.e. Trait 2).

What will help you identify much more clearly if your mother has narcissistic personality disorder is not so much this list of narcissism traits, as a list of characteristics of narcissistic personality disorder. These are how the narcissism traits manifest themselves in daily life. I do invite you to check those out and see if they resonate with you.

These narcissism traits aren't pretty. They're certainly not pretty to endure. The effects on daughters of narcissistic mothers are many and varied.

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