In our fast-paced, impersonal world, we all need to love ourselves a little. We need to find some worth within us, to believe that we are capable of loving and being loved. We need to know we have a reasonable chance of achieving our goals and making our way through the maze of life's challenges.

But what happens when our view of ourselves becomes totally distorted from reality? What happens when we falsify who we are and create an image that, while grand and important, has no root in reality? We become narcissists and the line between our fantasy world and our real world blurs. Left unchecked this destructive distortion will ultimately progress to the most severe form of narcissism called narcissistic personality disorder.

But how would you know if you are a narcissist? Narcissists are basically too caught up in themselves to ever recognize or admit that they suffer from narcissistic personality disorder. In his ground breaking book entitled "Are You a Narcissist?" author Larry Tate delivers the ultimate guide to determining if you suffer from narcissism and the narcissistic personality disorder.

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