Narcissist vs. Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Know the Difference #shorts

Added: 2026-05-06

[00:00:00]What is the difference between a narcissist and narcissistic personality disorder?

[00:00:04]>> So, let's start there because this is already muddying the waters so much, right? So, narcissism is a personality style, right? There's lots of different personality styles out there. Certainly, narcissism is a more maladaptive personality style because it puts people at odds with other people. It's not good for their relationships, but it is a personality style. In and of itself, it's not a disorder. There is something called narcissistic personality disorder, which is when a person is presenting with these various narcissistic patterns we've talked about. The low and variable empathy, the entitlement, the grandiosity, the arrogance, the envy, the admiration and validation seeking, that whole laundry list, the egocentricity, all the selfishness, all that stuff, right?