Up to 5 percent of the population has narcissistic personality disorder – one of the top 10 personality disorders in the United States.
“The sadistic narcissist perceives himself as Godlike, ruthless and devoid of scruples, capricious and unfathomable, emotion-less and non-sexual, omniscient, omnipotent and omni-present, a plague, a devastation, an inescapable verdict.” ― Sam Vaknin (Israeli writer and professor of psychology)
Know One When You See One
The American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders defines narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) as:
