Narcissism describes the trait of excessive self-love, based on self-image or ego. The term's derived from the Greek mythology of Narcissus. Narcissus was a handsome Greek youth who rejected the desperate advances of the nymph Echo. As punishment, he was doomed to fall in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. Unable to consummate his love, Narcissus pined away and changed into a flower that bears his name, the narcissus. In psychology and psychiatry, excessive narcissism's recognized… (More on Narcissistic)