According to psychologists, the root of the word comes from the Greek story narcissistic. Namely, about a young man named Narcissus who was reportedly very very handsome and likes praise himself. The Narcissus is always rejected the love of many girls and known as a young man who is not easily subject to subject women cooed toxic. Until one day, he refused to love Echo and break his heart. This is in a state of heartbreak Echo reportedly swore and cursed Narcissus absorptive just fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. "The story becomes one about the meaning of narcissistic justification," he said.
Retno said that narcissism is considered as a feeling of love for yourself redundant. Usually, people like this are not always confident in public. But strangely, they like to show this collection of images or pictures of her own in public and even in the picture or the picture often show the elegance of the body of the owner, regardless of whether or not beautiful shape of their bodies. "The narcissism is often treats herself as a model and often get compliments. Well, this is what causes them to feel confident and eventually redundant. "
In Books DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Fourth Edition) which says individuals can be considered a personality disorder narsissistik when he has at least five of the nine personality traits as follows:
- Grandiose view of one's importance, arrogance. That is the most intense feeling of self, but often does not correspond to the potential or competency, and he was happy to show off what they have including a degree (achievement) and property.
- Preoccupation with one's success, beauty, brilliance. Filled with fantasies of success, power, intelligence, beauty or true love.
- Extreme need of admiration which means having excessive need to be admired.
- Strong sense of entitlement or feel deserves to be treated special and feel others should be willing to sacrifice for him.
- Lacks empathy or lack of empathy or happy when others are suffering from destiny.
- Tendency to exploit others that exploit interpersonal relationships.
- Envy of others which means often the envy of others or assume that others envy him.
- Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes summed up as a cavalier attitude and not willing to listen to others' opinions.
- Believe that she or he is special and unique that berarati believes that he is special and unique.
