# what is the name of the complex when a person always has to be right.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-the-complex-when-a-person-always-has-to-be-right/140058>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 2, 2002, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-the-complex-when-a-person-always-has-to-be-right/140058 "2002-12-02T22:41:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-the-complex-when-a-person-always-has-to-be-right/140058/41 "2002-12-05T05:48:19Z")

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Teenager? Yeah, that’s it, I’m almost sure it’s called Teenagerism.

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**Author:** ![I\_am\_Sparticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@I\_am\_Sparticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_am_Sparticus)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-the-complex-when-a-person-always-has-to-be-right/140058/42 "2002-12-05T06:10:11Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Shoshana \*  
> \*\*"I am not a psychologist or psychiatrist, but I have read quite a bit about narcissism and I have dealt with a number of people in highly stressful situations whose medical records I have reviewed to corroborate that they are indeed narcissists, so I know whereof I speak: a narcissist will not admit to being a narcissist, there is no cure for narcissism, the most that can be accomplished with a very smart narcissist (this won’t work on dumb ones) is to acquaint them with the definition and let them know that you won’t put up with that kind of behavior and be firm. "
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> Sorry to differ with your opinion, but I AM a psychologist; people with narcissism, at least those who enter therapy, often ARE aware of and concerned about it; and people who take therapy seriously CAN get better, even those with personality disorders, including narcissism. \*\*

Cite please? Case studies, published journal reports.

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**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-the-complex-when-a-person-always-has-to-be-right/140058/43 "2002-12-05T06:25:08Z")

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Its called because I said soitis  
[cite](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=148200)

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