Everyone seems to be a narcissist these days. Your boss, your mother-in-law, the parents at the school gates. But while we find it easy to throw the label at those we find grating, it can be more difficult to see the real signs in the people we love, such as a spouse.
Dr Sarah Davies is a counselling psychologist and author of multiple books on narcissism including How to Leave a Narcissist for Good. ‘Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) captures a range of traits such as lack of empathy, a deep need for admiration, patterns of arrogance, superiority and grandiosity,’ she says.
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