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In popular [[culture]], people with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) are often portrayed as self-assured, [[confidence|confident]] individuals who care nothing about others.

In popular [[culture]], people with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) are often portrayed as self-assured, [[confidence|confident]] individuals who care nothing about others.

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 [[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>}}

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>}}