MAYBE FOR YOU, a selfie never happens without two or three retakes to “get the right angle.” Or you can’t stop posting about the other ’gram-worthy things in your life, like your promotion and your new SUV and also your latest deadlift success. Does sharing all this stuff on social media mean you’re a narcissist?
It’s complicated. Between Anna “Delvey” Sorokin, the Tinder Swindler, Netflix’s Ted Bundy documentary, and everyone else touting themselves, narcissism seems to narcissist, clinically referred to as someone who has narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), is the type of person docs like me treat. This goes far beyond posting selfies. In fact, NPD is one of the most misunderstood mental illnesses. Let me break it down for you.
