Acupuncture and Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a disorder which make the sufferer have excessive feelings of self-importance, need for admiration, have no understanding of the others’ feelings. People who have this disorder often to think about their appearance. This behaviour disorder usuallt start at early childhood. Unfortunately, people with this disorder usually don’t realize that they have such disorder. [note]Narcissistic personality disorder - Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder[/note]  

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SYMPTOMS

CAUSES

TREATMENTS

 

SYMPTOMS

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People with Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD)usually showing symptom or behavior like : - Extreme sense of self-importance - Need to be recognized as being superior - Frequently fantasize about success, power, brilliance, beauty or the perfect mate - Urge to be admired constantly - Sense of entitlement - Take advantage to get what they want [note]Narcissistic personality disorder Symptoms - Mayo Clinic, http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder/basics/symptoms/con-20025568[/note]  

CAUSES

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The inherited defect of genes are considered to be the best cause of NPD. Environmental factors also play a role in shaping this disorder, which are childhood abuse or neglect, excessive parental pampering, unrealistic expectations from parents, sexual promiscuity, and cultural influences. [note]Narcissistic Personality Disorder - Healthline, http://www.healthline.com/health/narcissistic-personality-disorder#Symptoms3[/note]  

TREATMENTS

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Related Acupuncture Points : ST36 RF HT7 BL44 E Acupuncture Treatment For Narcissistic Personality Disorder Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a mental health disorder. Therefore, the acupuncture treatment given is aiming to treat the cause of this mental health disorder. Mental health disorder happen because there is imbalance within human body. The imbalance itself can come from excess or lack of yin and yang. In order to give the proper treatment for mental health disorder, the therapist must know the effect of the five elements to the emotions, which is as follow : Wood (Liver) – Anger, jealousy, frustration, resentment, bitterness and stress Fire (Heart) – Mania and over-excitation Earth (Spleen) – Anxiety, pensiveness and worry Metal (Lung) – Grief and sadness Water (Kidney) – Depression and lack of will [note]Acupuncture and Mental Health - Acufinder.com, https://www.acufinder.com/Acupuncture+Information/Detail/Acupuncture+and+Mental+Health[/note]  

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