I culled out some of the long article for qualities that sound like SC, both from what you on Maui have described, and from his own posting, and interviews with others involved.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder
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Narcissistic personality disorder (
NPD) is a
personality disorder in which a person is excessively preoccupied with personal adequacy,
power, prestige and
vanity, mentally unable to see the destructive damage they are causing to themselves and others.
A. Significant impairments in personality functioning manifested by:
1. Impairments in self functioning (a or b):
a. Identity: Excessive reference to others for self-definition and self-esteem regulation; exaggerated self-appraisal may be inflated or deflated, or vacillate between extremes; emotional regulation mirrors fluctuations in self-esteem.
b. Self-direction: Goal-setting is based on gaining approval from others; personal standards are unreasonably high in order to see oneself as exceptional, or too low based on a sense of entitlement; often unaware of own motivations.AND
2. Impairments in interpersonal functioning (a or b):
a.
Empathy: Impaired ability to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others; excessively attuned to reactions of others, but only if perceived as relevant to self; over- or underestimate of own effect on others.b. Intimacy: Relationships largely superficial and exist to serve self-esteem regulation; mutuality constrained by little genuine interest in others' experiences and predominance of a need for personal gain
B. Pathological personality traits in the following domain:
- Antagonism, characterized by:
a.
Grandiosity: Feelings of entitlement, either overt or covert; self-centeredness; firmly holding to the belief that one is better than others; condescending toward others.
b.
Attention seeking: Excessive attempts to attract and be the focus of the attention of others; admiration seeking.
Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements).
Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love.
Believes that he or she is “special” and unique 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 favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations.
Is inter-personally exploitative, i.e.,takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends.
Lacks empathy: 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.
To the extent that people are pathologically narcissistic, they can be controlling, blaming, self-absorbed, intolerant of others’ views, unaware of others' needs and of the effects of their behavior on others, and insistent that others see them as they wish to be seen.
Narcissistic individuals use various strategies to protect the self at the expense of others. They tend to devalue, derogate and blame others, and they respond to threatening feedback with anger and hostility.
People who are narcissistic commonly feel rejected,
humiliated and threatened when criticised. To protect themselves from these dangers, they often react with disdain,
rage, and/or defiance to any slight
criticism, real or imagined. To avoid such situations, some narcissistic people withdraw socially and may feign modesty or humility.
In cases where the narcissistic personality-disordered individual feels a lack of admiration, adulation, attention and affirmation, they may also manifest a desire to be feared and be notorious (
narcissistic supply).
It has been suggested that narcissistic personality disorder may be related to defenses against shame. Psychiatrist
Glen Gabbard suggested NPD could be broken down into two subtypes. He saw the "oblivious" subtype as being
grandiose, arrogant, and thick-skinned, and the "
hypervigilant" subtype as being easily hurt, oversensitive, and ashamed. In his view, the oblivious subtype presents for admiration,
envy, and appreciation of a powerful, grandiose self that is the antithesis of a weak internalized self, which hides in shame, while the
hypervigilant subtype neutralizes devaluation by seeing others as unjust abusers.
