Narcissism

  • NewsErica Rae Chong

    Are you friends with your ex? You may have psychopathic traits

    The study’s findings revealed that people who had “dark triad personality traits,” such as narcissism, machiavellianism and psycopathy, were more likely to maintain friendships with their exes for “practical and sexual reasons.” Perhaps unsurprisingly, men also rated the importance of said reasons as more important than women did. The study first polled 340 people on the reasons for staying friends with their ex. The 500 participants were also given a personality test to identify levels of the

  • NewsRobin Roberts

    Normal self-esteem or narcissism? How to tell, and what to do about it

    (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images) What do Donald Trump, Kim Kardashian, Charlie Sheen, Kim Jong-un and the blowhard in the next cubicle have in common?  They’re all narcissists, to varying degrees (and there are many degrees). They’re drunk on an over-inflated sense of self, have an insatiable need for adoration and validation, and have little patience or empathy for others.  Narcissistic celebrities and co-workers can be annoying; those in positions of power can be dangerous.