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Yes!!
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Statistically vast majority of us probably are. The DSM has been contemplating removing Narcisism as a diagnosis altogether because it's so common in the USA they question if it can really be considered mental illness. (Mental illness is partly defined by being abnormal). So if you are a narc... don't worry you're normal š That said...given OCD is based on insecurities we probably are less narcissistic than the general population but I'm sure still pretty narcissistic in our own way.
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Scratch that... just found out it was already removed in 2010 so officialy not a mental illness anymore. Enjoy being normal lol...
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Oh nvm saw it was put back... lol still don't wry though. Like all you have to do is peruse social media to see how common narcissism is. "Look at me, I'm at a place doing a thing!" (NOTICE ME PLEASE! ) The "like" button is basically narcissist crack. I honestly feel like I might be a little because I get so needy for social media approval it's pathetic. So I don't post my pics online and I stay private. It helps to reduce my anxiety and need validation. Whether that is narcissism or not I don't know but I am happier without it (or at least significantly less of it).
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Everyone is selfish, cocky, and rude to others at times in there lives. We arenāt perfect so be easy on yourself.
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Ok, so when I was in high school I became very obsessive with love. I didnāt love myself and I found this boy who I wanted to love me. I had myself convinced we would get married. He didnāt even know who I was and Iāll admit, I completely invaded his privacy. I memorized his schedule, I put myself in places I knew heād be or if I knew he was somewhere Iād go. I truly never meant harm, I just wanted him to love me and I thought that me stalking his life would get me into it and get him to love me. It got to the point where I even stalked other girls I thought he liked and told them that we were a āthingā so that they would stop talking to him even though we were definitely not a thing. I struggle to release the guilt of that overall because I feel so so so awful about it, but I know I never meant harm. Anyways, now that we are no longer together, I have this fear that if he never wouldāve given me the attention I desired that I wouldāve kept going. I wouldāve started to get harmful and that I wouldāve gone as far as harming people around him in order to get myself into his life. It makes me feel so awful but I truly do feel like I wouldāve kept going and kept myself in his life even if he wouldāve gotten a different girlfriend. Idk, I just really struggle because I donāt feel as though this was ocd and that maybe I truthfully am a horrible person who does need serious help because I stalked him so much and obsessed over him and crossed his privacy boundary. Iām so afraid to the extent that I wouldāve gone had it not become us dating.
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Iāve had off and on fears and thoughts of being a narcissist but at this point it doesnāt feel like a fear anymore it feels true and it feels like it all makes sense the more I learn about narcissism. Iāve even put the label on myself and have been monitoring all my social interacts and motivations. I donāt know if telling myself Iām a narcissist causes me to act more narcissistic either. I have some specific examples and factors to talk about that might be too long to post, so if I can talk about them to anyone on here Iād appreciate it šš
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Recently Iāve been getting these very intense episodes of feeling extremely annoyed, irritable and touchy. I start to think narcissistic thoughts like feeling extremely entitled, envious of others and just overall snotty and rude but also horrible about myself. I take everything personal in these moments even though I know itās stupid to do so. with harm ocd it also makes it 10x worse because they urges are worsened by the anger and intense emotions and sometimes I feel like just crying or this deep pit in my stomach of fear and dispare about the future like where am I heading and who am I becoming? Iāve excessively been on Gemini asking about covert narcissism, because my family disagrees with the idea of me being a narcissist along with my therapist but I just canāt let it go because I actually genuinely believe it. When I want to make things right it feels so self centered and I donāt know the right way to genuinely care about others. Maybe I already do?? I canāt tell if this is all just anger, intense fear and overwhelm, from med changes (went from lexapro to buspar) or processing grief (grandpa died in February) but sometimes I feel even worse because in my head I believe the grief only effects me and I need total attention and care 24/7. and start wondering if this is a subconscious way of thinking for me that I just assume is ocd and anxiety. I feel so tense and when I get in these moments I feel like Iām about to combust, I dissociate, feel like sobbing, isolating, or yelling but canāt tell if itās all caused from an āego blowā or something that someone did that made me feel bad about myself and thatās why I feel such high self pity. idk anymore but this feeling is terrifying especially the more I believe Iām a narcissist everything is evidence. I even start wondering what if this is rage, or hatred or resentment? like deep down dark feelings?
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