Narcissistic Personality Disorder has been long synonymous with those suffering from self-grandiosity and self-entitlement. Recently, though, sense of entitlement seems to be the norm in society rather than an oddity. It crops up frequently among families coming for therapy, it comes in the news daily among the “rich and (in)famous”, it’s even seen on social media where it is frequently mistaken for “freedom of expression”.
It is almost disturbing that so few people today actually feel the need to “earn” what they want. Case 1: A middle-aged couple brings a pre-teen girl for therapy. She refuses to study unless her mother stays up awake with her all night, refuses to go to school unless she has the best phone and laptop available in the market, expects her parents to fight with her teachers when she gets disciplined for wearing makeup to school (despite being warned by her mother) and…
