Is It Hopeless That A Narcissist Will Ever Change?

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If you're in a relationship with a narcissist, or you have a narcissist in your family, you likely wonder, “Can a narcissist change?”

Like most people with this type of person in their lives, you want so badly for the narcissist to see what they are doing and how they hurt and confuse those around them.

Maybe you think, “If I could just get them to see how their behavior affects me, they'll want to change,” or “If she knows how much I love her, she won't behave this way.”

If someone has a narcissistic personality disorder, as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), is it possible that lasting change can happen for a narcissist?

While many professionals argue that it's not possible and there are no medications available to specifically treat narcissism, people prove modern medicine wrong every day.

People whose prognoses are dire are cured of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and other illnesses on a regular basis — and mental diseases are not excluded.

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