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Overview
A mental disorder with exaggerated feelings of self-importance, but low self-esteem.
Symptoms
If you’re experiencing new, severe, or persistent symptoms, contact a health care provider.
Symptoms may vary from person to person. The most common symptoms include:
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- Being overly boastful, exaggerating one’s own achievements
- Pretending to be superior to others
- Lack of empathy for others
- Looking down on others as inferior
- Monopolising conversations
- Impatient, angry, unhappy, depressed or has mood swings when criticized
- Easily disappointed when expected importance is not given
- Always craves for “the best” in everything
- Has a very fragile selfesteem
Causes
– Exact causes are unknown, but may include:
- Parenting style either excessive pampering or criticism
- Genetic changes
- Changes in the structure or functioning of brain
– Risk factors may include:
- Family history of mental health disorders
- Unpleasant family life during childhood
- Conduct disorder during childhood
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