Megalomania is quite common. It can be very annoying for those around you. Tips for living best with a megalomaniac person. 

Megalomania corresponds to hypertrophied pride. This psychopathological disease is part of the narcissistic personality. It is expressed by an overestimation of self which makes the megalomaniac person attribute to himself prestigious actions, exceptional gifts, limitless love licks, unsuspected riches. 

Megalomania often stems from a narcissistic personality disorder. It can be reinforced by paranoia or schizophrenia. 

Megalomania, to varying degrees, is quite common. This self-expansion is found quite exemplarily in artists, dictators and great politicians. As our society pushes people to focus more and more on themselves, there are more and more megalomaniacs. 

Megalomania is often linked to emotional deficiencies in childhood, where self-esteem could not be solidified. 

A megalomaniac person feels superior, more talented, more beautiful, more important than everyone else. She thinks she has the glory and the power. She is often in a delirium, and in the madness of grandeur. Such a megalomaniac considers himself a great actor, such is seen in Napoleon Bonaparte! In extreme cases, people with megalomania hallucinate. 

Cognitive and behavioral therapies can improve the behavior of people with megalomania. Psychoanalysis also. But most often the megalomaniac person does not seek treatment because he considers himself better than the therapists! 

Megalomaniac people think they are owed everything. They feel that they can do whatever they want and that their wishes should always be met. Thinking about them can lead to seizures. The people around him are at his disposal. Megalomaniacal people lack empathy. They are so self-centered that they don’t pay attention to other people’s feelings. 

In addition, megalomaniacs are haughty, arrogant, and need to be admired. 

All of this makes them difficult to manage, in a family, friendly or professional environment!

If you have someone with megalomania, show them your approval only when it is sincere and deserved, and explain why others don’t find them as exceptional as they think.

If you want to criticize her, it is better not to attack her person but to criticize one of her behaviors in particular.

Be alert to his attempts to manipulate you, whether through fear (“Watch out for yourself if you …”), flattery (“You are the best”), or guilt (“After all I have …”). did for you… ”).

Don’t expect reciprocity, give and take. The megalomaniac person expects to receive a lot, but they will not give you back what you give them, because everything they are owed, they deserve what you give them.