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People with narcissistic personality disorder have the following characteristics:
- react to criticism with feelings or rage, shame or humiliation
- take advantage of others to achieve own goals
- have a grandiose sense of self-importance
- hold a belief that his/her problems are unique and can only be understood by other special people
- have a preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, beauty, intelligence, or ideal love
- require constant attention and admiration
- be unable to recognize and experience how others feel
- be preoccupied with feelings of envy
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