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Wondering if you're involved with a narcissist or a person with narcissistic personality disorder? This is what you need to know.

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Rather than offer sympathy if you are dealing with pain or frustration, a narcissist will just share some of their own with you (which, of course, will be far more serious than your own. ) While a narcissist may appear to be an upbeat, happy person to outsiders in his or her life, people who know him or her intimately are likely to see a whole other personality.

If the person is a friend or acquaintance, the narcissist may just discard them and pretend they don't exist--but if it's a family member, things can get more serious.

Because narcissists are incapable of empathizing with others, they don't even consider (or care) how their words or actions could affect others--and they will never admit that they are wrong.

For example, the narcissist may try to pressure the family member into conforming to his or her wishes, and if that doesn't work, additional and potentially life-altering steps may be taken to get what is desired.

Since narcissists tend to see other people as objects or possessions, they cannot fathom it when they are not obeyed or catered to.

"It is good to think highly of yourself - but for these people it is out of control," says personality disorders expert and consultant forensic psychologist Kerry Daynes.

They have a sense of personal entitlement that causes them to expect people around them to cater to their every desire, to anticipate their every need and to respond post-haste in fulfilling them.

As with any other toxic family situation, it may be best to distance yourself from a person with NPD.

Plus, there is currently no known "cure" for NPD--though if a person affected with it seeks therapy, change is possible.

This means that in general, they have no time to consider the feelings, thoughts or needs of the people around them.

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