Editing Cognitive distortion (section)

== Narcissistic defense ==
{{Main|Narcissistic defences}}
Those diagnosed with [[narcissistic personality disorder]] tend, unrealistically, to view themselves as superior, overemphasizing their strengths and understating their weaknesses.<ref name="auto"/> Narcissists use [[exaggeration]] and [[Minimisation (psychology)|minimization]] this way to shield themselves against [[psychological pain]].<ref name=millon2>{{cite book
  | last = Millon
  | first = Theodore
  | author-link = Theodore Millon
  |author2=Carrie M. Millon |author3=Seth Grossman |author4=Sarah Meagher |author5=Rowena Ramnath
   | title = Personality Disorders in Modern Life
  | publisher = [[John Wiley and Sons]]
  | year = 2004
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QPa1NAEACAAJ
  | isbn =978-0-471-23734-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Thomas |first=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q_KkcQAACAAJ|title=Narcissism: Behind the Mask |year=2010|publisher=Book Guild |isbn=978-1-84624-506-0}}</ref>