We all know people that could have this personality disorder.
It is easy to dismiss someone with a narcissistic personality disorder as a 'know it all' or 'too stubborn to just admit when they are wrong' or more often than not ' just avoid them when you hear them making statements like, ' I don't know a whole lot about **** but I'm sure someone else can't know more about the topic than I do'.
( hearing someone say something similar to this is what got me interested enough to start googling the topic)
Working with people with this disorder presents a danger in the workplace especially,because they will never admit to not knowing how to do something, when in fact they may know nothing but be convinced no one else could know more.
At the very least people with the disorder are just very annoying to try and have a conversation with and forget trying to debate any topic with them, it's pointless, futile.
Here are some insights into how a person develops this disorder.
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The narcissist has been made to feel he was never good enough. He should have been a better person, gotten higher grades, and been more successful in life. As a child, he was given a set of unattainable goals, and now he will most likely spend his entire life unsuccessfully trying to reach someone else?s goals. Yet, when you ask him about this pain, he will never, ever admit the truth. He will give the impression that he is highly accomplished at anything and everything he does. He will always be right no matter what. Even if he is wrong, he will twist the truth so that he can assign blame to anyone or anything other than himself.
https://www.lifescript.com/Soul/Self/Growth/How_To_Deal_With_Narcissistic_Behavior.aspx
Finding this info and learning that Narcissism is categorized as a personality disorder by the mental health profession and learning that few are ever diagnosed, since few go to therapy was surprising.
Additionally, learning NPD is not about self-esteem it's a 'condition' doesn't make dealing with a person with NPD or Narcissistic Personality Disorder any easier.