Narcissistic

According to the lecture given in class this week, narcissism is someone who loves themselves. They have the following characteristics: believe they are superior and expect recognition, expects special treatment, lacks empathy, belittles others, and finally brags about themselves. I know a person who has this personality disorder. She is a teammate and good friend of mine. Unfortunately, this disorder can get in the way of that. At practices, she will not warm up with us because “She doesn’t need to.” There will be times she will not finish workouts because me or another person is beating her. When we do run together, I pace the group and try to encourage everyone to finish. Many times the workouts are hard so you need someone to help push you through it. Unfortunately, she does not do that. She will not run at the pace given to us so she appears better and when she crosses the finish line she will walk away without acknowledging anyone. After track meets, if she does very well, my roommate and I will hear about it for hours on end every single day. She will ignore the fact that her closest friends on the team did very well too because she is too focused on her own performance. Track and field is an individual sport however, you need your team to get you through. Due to the fact that she is in love with herself and her abilities, she is unable to gain respect from others on the team and is slowly losing friends because they do not want to be around someone who only talks about themselves and puts others on the team down. After learning about this personality disorder it became clear to my roommate and I that she has the disorder and it explains why she has a hard time keeping friends.