The facts of narcissistic personality disorder
Savvy Psychologist
Macmillan Holdings, LLC
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2022
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Narcissistic personality disorder often shows up in pop culture, but it’s widely misunderstood. Here’s why not every jerk you come across can be called a narcissist.
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| 0:00.0 | Many of you reached out and were frustrated by how often narcissistic personality disorder |
| 0:09.6 | is used in pop culture, and you wanted me to set the record straight. |
| 0:13.9 | Today, your wish is my command. |
| 0:18.4 | Welcome back to Savvy Psychologist. |
| 0:20.7 | I'm your host, Dr. Monica Johnson. |
| 0:23.6 | Every week on this show, I'll help you face life's challenges with evidence-based approaches, |
| 0:28.8 | a sympathetic ear and zero judgment. |
| 0:32.4 | After my previous episodes on bipolar disorder and OCD, I received several questions about |
| 0:38.5 | narcissistic personality disorder, or NPD for short. |
| 0:43.6 | And I understand why. |
| 0:45.8 | Over the last handful of years, it can feel like every, quote-unquote, bad boyfriend or |
| 0:51.2 | sketchy politician has been given the label of a narcissist. |
| 0:56.4 | Now in a few instances you might be correct, it's unlikely that we've all been dating |
| 1:01.9 | narcissists. |
| 1:03.6 | There is a median prevalence rate for NPD of 1.6% of the population. |
| 1:11.1 | What this means is that most of you who may think you're dating someone with NPD are |
| 1:16.7 | actually simply dating jerks. |
| 1:20.9 | This in no way minimizes the impact of said jerk. |
| 1:24.7 | But it's important that we understand the difference, so I'll use an analogy. |
| 1:30.5 | Many of us are true crime buffs if the ratings for shows like Monster, the Jeffrey Dahmer |
| 1:35.4 | story on Netflix are an accurate representation. |
| 1:39.4 | So I think this will make sense. |
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