Long ago, when I was young and more foolish than most of my contemporaries who were worldly wise, my godfather told me that I was a narcissist. I possessed all the characteristics of a person suffering from the narcissistic personality disorder, he said. Then he read out the list of my personality disorders from a diary. 1. You have an exaggerated sense of self-importance. 2. You expect to be recognised as superior even though you have achieved nothing worthwhile 3. You exaggerate whatever little you manage to achieve. 4. You are often in your own dream world, fantasies about... Then he stopped and looked at me. “Am I correct this far?” he asked. I nodded my head like a penitent at the confessional. “... fantasies about success, power, intellectual brilliance...” He paused and stared into my eyes again. “Are you with me?” “Bound to you with a chain,” I wished to say. But I was trained to listen quietly when the ‘personal scrutiny’ w
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