Hi and welcome back to the savvy psychologist podcast. I'm your host

Dr. Ellen Hendrickson and I'll help you meet life's challenges with evidence-based

research, a sympathetic ear, and zero judgment.

So who is your favorite narcissist?

Kim, the Beebes, the Donald, and who can forget? Kanyay.

I'm let you finish, but first, what exactly makes a narcissist a narcissist?

Today we'll cover the features of narcissism

plus 10 giveaways that you're dealing with a narcissist.

Aside from the dead giveaway of a selfie stick, otherwise known as the wand of narcissism, there are lots of

clues you're dealing with a narcissist.

So the foremost feature of narcissism is something called grandiosity, which means that a narcissist thinks she's

more attractive, intelligent, and important than others.

She'll exaggerate her achievements and abilities and has a big ego, often without being able to back it up.

The narcissist's own needs always come first and when others express needs, she sees it as a sign of weakness.

She may be generous and beneficent in front of the camera,

only for the admiration, it's not genuine, but goes cold once no one is watching.

A narcissist also thinks he's entitled, to a buzz of attention when he walks in the room, to the

deference of others, or to preferential treatment.

Waiting his turn is torture, and exploiting the intern or blaming the waiter is typical.

He's a victim entitled to better, and is contemptuous of the successes of others.

Also see, Kanye's rant against Taylor Swift, Kagnay's rant against Beck, do I sense a pattern here?

So how many of them are out there? Well, narciss is up to 6.2% of the population, but it often seems like more because they're frequently

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