Welcome to understanding today's narcissists, where we will explore how you can better relate and manage the narcissist in your life.

I am your host, psychotherapist and author Christine Hammond.

We're going to be talking about narcissism today.

Narcissistic personality disorder may be something that's difficult to understand, but we

can break it down at a very practical level so that it is a lot easier for a person to

be able to pick out just about in any circumstances.

Narcissism is something that's not going away. We see it all the time in our news, in our political

environment, in sports figures, you can see it in bosses, you can see it in doctors. It is rampant and many people believe that our next

generation is also very narcissistic. But understanding what the word means and how that impacts

you as a person is a whole other story. So let's talk about just the absolute basics of narcissism. First of all,

where in the world does that name come from? And is it a new concept? And the answer is no. It has

been around as long as Greek mythology has existed. So around 8 AD, we have the first written

recording of narcissism. Narcissi was actually a beautiful

hunter. He was revered for his good looks, but he was also very, very proud. And in order to

reveal his arrogance, his nemesis, that sounds kind of funny, right, all by itself,

the name nemesis is an enemy of you, but Narcissi's nemesis was named nemesis, drew him to a body of water.

And upon seeing his reflection and realizing that it was his own image, narcissistic

actually became so attracted that he refused to leave his image and died there.

Thus, we have the name narcissistic personality disorder.

Now, just because somebody has a personality disorder doesn't mean that they are full blown over the

top.

You can have narcissistic traits without the disorder in and of itself.

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