Mr. Braunstein's narcissistic disorder, she said, led to feelings of grandiosity, "an excessive need for the admiration of others," and to "lack of empathy for those around him".
Narcissistic personality disorder involves a pervasive grandiosity, an extreme desire for attention, a sense of entitlement, a willingness to exploit or mistreat others, an excessive need for admiration and a lack of empathy.
Auditors in Venice are taking Mr. Calatrava and several engineers to court because of cost overruns and what they see as an excessive need for repairs on Mr. Calatrava's Ponte della Costituzione, a footbridge across the Grand Canal.
Beyond simple self-regard, the narcissistic disorder refers to a destructive pattern of thought and behavior whose traits include an unrealistic sense of one's importance and power, an excessive need for admiration and a lack of empathy for the feelings or needs of others.
Recent analyses show nevertheless that electric vehicles contribute to the increase in greenhouse emissions through their excessive need for power sources, particularly in countries with limited availability of renewable energy sources, and result in a net contribution and increase in greenhouse emissions across the European continent.
Their excessive need for approval is typically the result of an overly negative self-image. .
He told me that his therapist in prison diagnosed him with histrionic personality disorder, which is characterized by the American Psychiatric Association as "a pattern of excessive attention-seeking emotions, including inappropriately seductive behavior and an excessive need for approval".
Inside all of us lies the desire/need to be loved, accepted and approved but the excessive need for it can lead us to subconsciously do everything and anything to please others.
Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) as defined by Wikipedia, 'is a long-term pattern of abnormal behavior characterized by exaggerated feelings of self-importance, an excessive need for admiration, and a lack of understanding of others' feelings".
In 1969 the hammer tips were changed to neoprene rubber instead of felt, to avoid the excessive need for regular maintenance, while in 1975 harp supports were changed from wood to aluminum.
