[mnehring]

I was looking into how group dynamic often mirrors individual problems and I found something interesting, can a whole campaign suffer from this? - Narcissistic Personality Disorder:

1. has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
4. requires excessive admiration
5. has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
6. is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
7. lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
8. is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
9. shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes

[Bokababe]

"I was looking into how group dynamic often mirrors individual problems and I found something interesting, can a whole campaign suffer from this? - Narcissistic Personality Disorder:"

If you are going to recycle a post I did sixteen months ago to use here (about Muslims) at least give me credit!

"Until 9/11, Americans had no idea what Muslims were about -- and to a large extent, they still don't get it -- although they are beginning to. My education is in Behavioral Science and in my opinion, Islam --particularly in its most radical (and perhaps true) form, exhibits many of the same behavioral characteristics as an emotional disorder called "Narcissitic Personality Disorder". The Islamic "go" is a collective one, rather than an individual but the same criteria apply. Here is an amended diagnostic criteria on NPD.:...."

[jmc813]

has a grandiose sense of self-importance

You might be on to something. I like Paul and I'm pretty fu#%ing awesome in every respect.