Has anyone ever met an extreme narcissist?

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It almost sounds like AS, they dissassociate from people. They have trouble empathizing. I just wondered if anyone else has heard this term used on many criminals?

Well that makes more since, it also sounds like my brother. Does it say anywhere that Biopalism is related to it? He takes medication for that.

From another source: NIMH

It isn't dissassociative, it's dissociative. This is why it confuses some people, because it's often mispronounced. Although people with AS sometimes don't like to associate with others, this isn't the same thing. It's also very different from being totally full of yourself.

Dissociative Identity Disorder used to be called Multiple Personality Disorder. The person will kind of slip into being an entirely different person, then have no idea what they did while they were this different person. Many people with this disorder have a history of extreme childhood stress, like physical or sexual abuse and neglect. So, even though the person seems to have moved beyond their traumatic experiences, there's a part of them that hasn't...and that part might just go out and rape kids or kill people. Did you ever watch that show Heroes? The blond chick who went between being super mean Jessica and super nice mommy? Yeah...kinda like that. Some people have completely different identities/names/ages, while others just have polar opposite personalities which recurrently emerge.

I saw some film in college (in an abn. psych. class) which featured some higher-up 50-60-ish married politician guy in DC...his other personality was this wild guy in his 30s who was a total womanizer and loved rollerblading. Hilarious to see the videos of them "both". I wish I could remember his name, because it's probably on the internet somewhere.

OK, well I guess in his case it's biopolarism. I don't think he's psychotic per say, but he does act high and mighty all the time.

Bipolar Disorder used to be called Manic-Depressive Disorder...the people bounce back and force between mania and depression with very little middle ground, and very little warning. They experience the "polar opposites" of their personalities: extreme mania (happiness, frenetic activity, laughter, fun) and extreme depression (not being able to get out of bed, ignoring friends/family, suicidal ideation). The meds generally seek to even things out, so that the person can spend more time in the middle ground of "normalcy". As you can imagine, it would be hard to keep a job if you were either so depressed you couldn't even get up in the morning, or so super-excited that you decided instead of going to work you should paint all the walls in your house, have a party, then take a road trip.

Both my parents have been described as very narcissistic. I know both were always very appearance conscious.

1/4 of my class

Unfortunately, my mother. And worse, she perceived me, her oldest daughter, to be competing with her, even when I was still an infant.

Oh...I have known a few NPDs.....awful nasty beasts.....an ex-neigbor of mine....an ex roommate and alas, an ex boyfriend......egads....can't bring myself to go into it at the moment....

Some of them, sound like clips of my subconscious thoughts, while I'm at work.

Compensatory Narcissistic Personality Disorder: a pervasive pattern of unstable, "overtly narcissistic behaviors [that] derive from an underlying sense of insecurity and weakness rather than from genuine feelings of self-confidence and high self-esteem", beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by ten (or more) of the following:

seeks to create an illusion of superiority and to build up an image of high self-worth;

has disturbances in the capacity for empathy;

strives for recognition and prestige to compensate for the lack of a feeling of self-worth;

may acquire a deprecatory attitude in which the achievements of others are ridiculed and degraded;

has persistent aspirations for glory and status;

has a tendency to exaggerate and boast;

is sensitive to how others react to him or her, watches and listens carefully for critical judgment, and feels slighted by disapproval;

is prone to feel shamed and humiliated and especially hyper-anxious and vulnerable to the judgments of others;

covers up a sense of inadequacy and deficiency with pseudo-arrogance and pseudo-grandiosity;

has a tendency to periodic hypochondria;

alternates between feelings of emptiness and deadness and states of excitement and excess energy;

entertains fantasies of greatness, constantly striving for perfection, genius, or stardom;

has a history of searching for an idealized partner and has an intense need for affirmation and confirmation in relationships;

frequently entertains a wishful, exaggerated, and unrealistic concept of himself or herself which he or she can't possibly measure up to;

produces (too quickly) work not up to the level of his or her abilities because of an overwhelmingly strong need for the immediate gratification of success;

is touchy, quick to take offense at the slightest provocation, continually anticipating attack and danger, reacting with anger and fantasies of revenge when he or she feels frustrated in his or her need for constant admiration;

is self-conscious, due to a dependence on approval from others;

suffers regularly from repetitive oscillations of self-esteem;

seeks to undo feelings of inadequacy by forcing everyone's attention and admiration upon himself or herself;

may react with self-contempt and depression to the lack of fulfillment of his or her grandiose expectations.

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All of this while hiding behind "ethics".

From http://www.ptypes.com/compensatory-narpd.html