This NPD thing doesn't matter that much
I used to be so consumed by this topic, thinking through all aspects of my life through the frame of narcissism. I haven't done so much lately, because frankly I haven't needed to.
A lot of issues I used to suffer from, whether interpersonal ones or otherwise, I would attribute to narcissism. Maybe I'm a more light case, so less immersed in the pathology in a way. But I've found that since just working on my core issues individually, as opposed to tackling something like narcissism directly, I've had so much success.
This leads me to think that whatever you are suffering from, there are better or worse ways to frame it. This isn't a revolutionary thought, but I guess more a response to what I assume a lot of people do, which is to take whichever frame seems most relevant and running with it. I did with narcissism for a long time.
I suppose it's a nice scapegoat. It's nice to take the pressure off by deferring blame to one's issues to some theory.
Whatever, hasn't helped me much.
Anyone share this experience?