"Just because you have an unpleasant interaction with another person doesn't make them a narcissist. Just .5-5% of the U.S. population has narcissistic personality disorder, or NPD, according to Manahil Riaz, a psychotherapist in Houston and the owner of Riaz Counseling in Texas. So while someone can have narcissistic traits ― such as self-centeredness or a lack of empathy ― it does not mean they have NPD, Riaz added."
"Instead, narcissism is a continuum that ranges from healthy narcissism, which is defined as an "integrated sense of self and healthy self-esteem to pathological narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder," Justine Grosso, a somatic trauma psychologist, told HuffPost via email. "Someone with pathological narcissistic traits may meet some but not all criteria for NPD,' Grosso added. These criteria includes entitlement, a lack of empathy, a desire for praise and admiration, exploiting others, arrogance and grandiosity, Grosso said."
Narcissism exists on a continuum from healthy self-regard to pathological narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder. Only about .5–5% of the U.S. population meets diagnostic criteria for NPD, but many people display narcissistic traits such as entitlement, lack of empathy, craving praise or admiration, exploiting others, arrogance, and grandiosity. Those traits fuel conflict behaviors that aim to control, deflect, dismiss, or invalidate others’ feelings and avoid accountability. Common conflict tactics include minimizing others’ reactions (for example, saying “you’re overreacting”), emotional invalidation, and repeated deflection, which escalate stress and hinder resolution.
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