Do Narcissists not use Turn Signals while driving?

[D-Lish]

a pure heart can see a holy and good God, but sinners look God in a different way

 

But who doesn't sin?

If ya' love Jesus, you know everyone sins....

[Lovelybird]

But who doesn't sin?

If ya' love Jesus, you know everyone sins....

you are so right D-lish

 

when one heartly repent, this one sees God in a different light. Child of God lives on grace and love of God ; sinners don't realize that, so they see punishment, because they don't know will or heart of God

 

there is a big difference between one who doesn't know God personally and one who knows God personally

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF_bwdG9m_Y&feature=related

[The Collector]

Narcissum comes in few forms, and the healthy variety just means you have a high opinion of yourself. In many ways this is a good and useful thing, and many people are Narcissistic in this way.

 

Problematic Narcisism is described by wiki as

 

 

A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:[1]

 

1. has a grandiose sense of self-importance
   
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
   
3. believes that he or she is "special" and unique
   
4. requires excessive admiration
   
5. has a sense of entitlement
   
6. is interpersonally exploitative
   
7. lacks empathy
   
8. is often envious of others or believes others are envious of him or her
   
9. shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes
   

 

 

7 - empathy - this took a while for me to learn.

 

Which brings me to AntiSocial Disorder - from Wiki. Bolded parts I identity with

 

Antisocial personality disorder (APD) is a personality disorder It is defined by the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual: "The essential feature for the diagnosis is a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood."[1] Deceit and manipulation are considered essential features of the disorder. Therefore, it is essential in making the diagnosis to collect material from sources other than the individual being diagnosed. Also, the individual must be age 18 or older as well as have a documented history of a conduct disorder before the age of 15.[1]People having antisocial personality disorder are sometimes referred to as "sociopaths" and "psychopaths", although some researchers believe that Psychopathy/Sociopathy are not synonymous with APD.[2]

 

Symptoms

 

Characteristics of people with antisocial personality disorder may include:[citation needed]

 

• Persistent lying or stealing
  
• Superficial charm
  
• Apparent lack of remorse or empathy; inability to care about hurting others
  
• Inability to keep jobs or stay in school
  
• Impulsivity and/or recklessness[4][5]
  
• Lack of realistic, long-term goals -- an inability or persistent failure to develop and execute long-term plans and goals
  
• Inability to make or keep friends, or maintain relationships such as marriage
  
• Poor behavioral controls -- expressions of irritability, annoyance, impatience, threats, aggression, and verbal abuse; inadequate control of anger and temper (when I was younger, remember - not anti-social now)
  
• Narcissism, elevated self-appraisal or a sense of extreme entitlement
  
• A persistent agitated or depressed feeling (dysphoria)
  
• A history of childhood conduct disorders
  
• Recurring difficulties with the law
  
• Tendency to violate the boundaries and "rights" of others
  
• Substance abuse
  
• Aggressive, often violent behavior; prone to getting involved in fights
  
• Inability to tolerate boredom
  
• Disregard for the safety of self or others
  
• People with a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder often experience difficulties with authority figures.[6]
  

So you see why the psychologist I am seeing agrees I was somewhat of a pyscho/sociopath when I was younger. But I've evolved in the meantime, especially the ant-social stuff. And it's worth rememberin, most psychpaths are not dangerous criminals - but many dangerous criminals are psychoparhs.

[DSM-IV Tom]

See I just have trouble believing you're sleeping with someone who understands psychology. She is the worlds biggest idiot, failure, etc., if she is with you despite knowing you're a narcissist/psychopath/sociopath. That just doesn't add up. That's like an atheist going to church by choice because they want to. (Not to make fun of it or bash it).

 

Stupidity.

 

If you were really a narcissist, you'd have flipped your lid on me by now for challenging you. You are not a narcissist.

 

Finally, if you really were a narcissist, you wouldn't ever learn empathy. You'd have no desire to unless it benefited you in a major way... which empathy does not. Whoever is diagnosing you with these disorders is not qualified.

 

And btw, just because you can bold those symptoms, doesn't mean you have the disorders. We all have the symptoms of all these disorders. What catagorizes whether you actually have the disorders or not is HOW OFTEN those symptoms come into effect. If we just go by the symptoms, then we all have all the disorders. That's why so many college people majoring in psychology, worry themselves sick the first year they get to read the DSM-IV.

[The Collector]

See I just have trouble believing you're sleeping with someone who understands psychology. She is the worlds biggest idiot, failure, etc., if she is with you despite knowing you're a narcissist/psychopath/sociopath. That just doesn't add up. That's like an atheist going to church by choice because they want to. (Not to make fun of it or bash it).

 

 

First don't call someone you've never met an idiot or failure based on your ill-informed opinions. This screams troll to me, and you might care to apologise.

 

I used to be a psychopath, to a degree. 20 years ago maybe (I'm 40 now) All psychopaths aren't dangerous. She has evaluated that I am now a well-adjusted, empathic nice pesron who she can trust.

 

If you were really a narcissist, you'd have flipped your lid on me by now for challenging you. You are not a narcissist.

 

No, I wouldn't care what you think. And I don't (in a nice way). I would look down on your incorrect argument and please myself by proving you wrong. Maybe some other narcissists would behave how you explin, as there are some that think Narcissism covers low-self-esteem, and others think some people are just born with super-high esteem. I think I'm one of the latter.

 

Finally, if you really were a narcissist, you wouldn't ever learn empathy. You'd have no desire to unless it benefited you in a major way... which empathy does not. Whoever is diagnosing you with these disorders is not qualified.

 

Empathy might benefit a narcissist because they can understand someone better and can control and manipulate them better (as Hannibal Lector does with Clarice Starling). And narcissism is not black and white I can have super-high regard for myself, and still understand and care about other people. I'm not autistic.

 

And btw, just because you can bold those symptoms, doesn't mean you have the disorders. We all have the symptoms of all these disorders. What catagorizes whether you actually have the disorders or not is HOW OFTEN those symptoms come into effect. If we just go by the symptoms, then we all have all the disorders. That's why so many college people majoring in psychology, worry themselves sick the first year they get to read the DSM-IV.

 

Well I know how often and how strongly those boldened symptons have influenced my life, you don't. Do you? No. Believe what you like, I have no great desire to prove to you or anyone else that I am a narcissist or have exhibited strong narcissistic behaviors my whole life.