Many of you reached out and were frustrated by how often narcissistic personality disorder

is used in pop culture, and you wanted me to set the record straight.

Today, your wish is my command.

Welcome back to Savvy Psychologist.

I'm your host, Dr. Monica Johnson.

Every week on this show, I'll help you face life's challenges with evidence-based approaches,

a sympathetic ear and zero judgment.

After my previous episodes on bipolar disorder and OCD, I received several questions about

narcissistic personality disorder, or NPD for short.

And I understand why.

Over the last handful of years, it can feel like every, quote-unquote, bad boyfriend or

sketchy politician has been given the label of a narcissist.

Now in a few instances you might be correct, it's unlikely that we've all been dating

narcissists.

There is a median prevalence rate for NPD of 1.6% of the population.

What this means is that most of you who may think you're dating someone with NPD are

actually simply dating jerks.

This in no way minimizes the impact of said jerk.

But it's important that we understand the difference, so I'll use an analogy.

Many of us are true crime buffs if the ratings for shows like Monster, the Jeffrey Dahmer

story on Netflix are an accurate representation.

So I think this will make sense.

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