The Psychology of Narcissism: How to Identify a Narcissist

The Mindset Mentor

Rob Dial

Education, Health & Fitness, Business, Mindset

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🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Have you ever wondered if someone in your life is truly a narcissist — or just selfish? In this episode, I break down the difference between narcissistic personality disorder and everyday selfish behavior. I’ll help you identify the signs of real narcissism, explain how it affects your mental health, and give you practical tools to protect yourself if you're in a toxic relationship.Reveal the hidden patterns shaping your choices, habits, and success. Take my FREE Identity Quiz to discover who you really are and how to break through to the next level. Join here 👉 https://www.identityunlockquiz.com/ My first book that I’ve ever written is now available. It’s called LEVEL UP and It’s a step-by-step guide to go from where you are now, to where you want to be as fast as possible. 📚If you want to order yours today, you can just head over to robdial.com/book Here are some useful links for you… If you want access to a multitude of life advice, self development tips, and exclusive content daily that will help you improve your life, then you can follow me around the web at these links here: Instagram TikTok Facebook Youtube

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0:00.0	Welcome to today's episode of the Mindset Mentor podcast. I'm your host, Rob Dial. If you have not yet done so,
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0:21.6	512-5-8-0-3-05.
0:24.3	Once again, 512-5-8-0-3-05.
0:27.8	Today, we're going to be talking about narcissists, and we're going to be doing a deep
0:31.6	dive into narcissism.
0:33.8	And if you get on the internet at all, you might notice people on social media that are calling people
0:40.2	narcissists. These days, people are just kind of saying, oh, well, my ex-boyfriend act, this was this way,
0:45.9	so he's a narcissist, or my mom is this way, so she's a narcissist. And it's people that are just
0:52.2	calling too many people narcissists without really truly
0:55.7	understanding what it means and so what I want to do is actually have you understand what is a
1:00.8	narcissist I want to slow it down I want to talk about it because when we just throw out the
1:05.0	word narcissist and we put it out there too loosely we're kind of thinking number one that
1:10.1	way too many people are
1:11.4	that haven't actually been diagnosed with it. But then also we miss the real signs of a narcissist,
1:17.5	which means that we also miss the real danger as well. And so what I want to do is I want to get
1:22.3	into the facts of what a narcissist is, how to identify one, how to deal with one, and then how to protect yourself and your
1:29.5	own mental health against somebody who is actually a narcissist. First off, as I was saying,
1:36.0	narcissism is not what Instagram says that it is. The thing that I want to get straight is that
1:40.7	narcissism is not just someone who loves themselves too much or seems too cocky or
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