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In reality, people with NPD are complex emotional beings like everyone else. They live with a mental health condition that has formal symptoms like grandiosity, low [[empathy]], and the constant need for praise and admiration.

In reality, people with NPD are complex emotional beings like everyone else. They live with a mental health condition that has formal symptoms like grandiosity, low [[empathy]], and the constant need for praise and admiration.

Although there’s no consensus about it, some experts have found that this attitude of superiority may help them compensateTrusted Source for fragile [[self-esteem]] and a sense of vulnerability.<ref>[https://psychcentral.com/disorders/narcissistic-personality-disorder/narcissistic-collapse What Is Narcissistic Collapse and What Are Its Signs?], PsychCentral.com</ref>}}

Although there’s no consensus about it, some experts have found that this [[Superiority complex|attitude of superiority]] may help them compensate for fragile [[self-esteem]] and a sense of vulnerability.<ref>[https://psychcentral.com/disorders/narcissistic-personality-disorder/narcissistic-collapse What Is Narcissistic Collapse and What Are Its Signs?], PsychCentral.com</ref>}}

John Fiscalini, author of the book ''Coparticipant Psychoanalysis: Toward a New Theory of Clinical Inquiry'' published by Columbia University Press, notes: "The fear of such " narcissistic collapse " often drives narcissists to redouble their grandiose strivings, reinforcing their imperviousness and increasing their controlling-ness" in order to bend reality to conform to their self-images."<ref>''Coparticipant Psychoanalysis: Toward a New Theory of Clinical Inquiry'' By John Fiscalini, Columbia University Press, 2004, page 241[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Coparticipant_Psychoanalysis/dmrlxLeiISQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22narcissistic+collapse%22&pg=PA114&printsec=frontcover]</ref>

John Fiscalini, author of the book ''Coparticipant Psychoanalysis: Toward a New Theory of Clinical Inquiry'' published by Columbia University Press, notes: "The fear of such " narcissistic collapse " often drives narcissists to redouble their grandiose strivings, reinforcing their imperviousness and increasing their controlling-ness" in order to bend reality to conform to their self-images."<ref>''Coparticipant Psychoanalysis: Toward a New Theory of Clinical Inquiry'' By John Fiscalini, Columbia University Press, 2004, page 241[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Coparticipant_Psychoanalysis/dmrlxLeiISQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22narcissistic+collapse%22&pg=PA114&printsec=frontcover]</ref>