The Everything Guide to Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Professional, reassuring advice for coping with the disorder - at work, at home, and in your family (Everything® Series)

by Cynthia Lechan Goodman

Depression in narcissists can be the reaction to an inner conflict caused by their need for adoration from others. People with NPD know that they must rely on the positive feedback of others to support their inflated self-image. But they also resent the weakness of having to rely on others for anything.