Just sayin...



Narcissism–noun 1. inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity.
2. Psychoanalysis. erotic gratification derived from admiration of one's own physical or mental attributes, being a normal condition at the infantile level of personality development.

What is Narcissism?
Narcissism is a personality disorder in which the person falls in love with himself. The narcissist has got an inflated sense of self worth, he thinks that he is better than the most, that he is a superior person and that he is invulnerable. If one of your friends is a narcissist you can easily identify him by his continues talk about his marvelous achievements, his outstanding intelligence or his breath taking beauty.

The following are the common symptoms that accompany Narcissists:

Striving for Attention: Narcissists Fuel their self confidence by the complements they receive, by being in the center of attention and by knowing that people are talking about their superior talents. Without these sources of supply, called the narcissistic supply sources, the narcissist feels worthless and may even become depressed.
Exaggerating their Worth: Narcissists think that they are omnipotent, invincible and superior. They constantly try to transfer this believe to those surrounding them in order to get their reward, which is the narcissistic supply. The narcissist always talks about how good he is and how brilliant he is compared to others.
Lacking Empathy: I hate to overgeneralize but most of narcissists care only about their own feelings. They can take advantage of others or use them just to secure a source of narcissistic supply. They only care of their own emotions and they lack empathy when it comes to dealing with others.


Arrogant [ar-uh-guhnt]

–adjective 1. making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud: an arrogant public official.
2. characterized by or proceeding from arrogance: arrogant claims.


Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L arrogant- (s. of arrog&#257;ns) presuming, prp. of arrog&#257;re. See arrogate, -ant

Related forms:

adverb


Synonyms:
1. presumptuous, haughty, imperious, brazen. See proud.


Antonyms:
1. meek. 2. modest, humble.


What Causes Arrogance
Arrogance is a defense mechanism used by the subconscious mind in order to prevent further criticism. If someone had a terrible childhood and if he was hurt by others he may develop arrogance in order to prevent further criticism from hurting him, the trick usually works, because if someone criticized him he can simply devalue him and assume that he is worthless.

Arrogant behavior can be a result of feeling neglected. If someone felt that he is not getting all the attention he deserves, he may unconsciously become arrogant just to attract some of the lost attention.

Arrogant people are single minded, they either think that they are superior to others or inferior to them. This arrogant person who is intimidating you feels inferior to someone else because this is how his mind works, this arrogance may be nothing more than a way to cover this feelings of inferiority he experiences when dealing with someone else.