Douglas Eby [M.A. / Psychology] is author of the main site Talent Development Resources, and is a writer and researcher in the areas of gifted adults and the psychology of creativity and personal growth.
Self-centered, vain, conceited, egocentric -
these are some of the variations on the idea of being narcissistic. We
need a healthy degree of positive self-regard, of course, but when it
becomes distorted, it is considered narcissism.