Should Rihanna go to rehab & does she have narcissistic personality disorder?

There are some new photos of Rihanna out and about in New York City yesterday. CB had to blur out her nips, which says something about Rihanna’s “street style” doesn’t it? I can’t imagine walking outside of my home wearing what amounts to a transparent, bandeau-style tube top and little skirt. I don’t care if it’s really hot outside – there’s no excuse for this.

Meanwhile, the whole “Rihanna has been partying way too much” story is getting more and more traction. Several outlets claimed that Rihanna canceled a trip to the UK last week because she was so hungover/strung out, although Rihanna claimed she just canceled the trip to spend time with her family. Now there’s a report claiming that Jay-Z wants Rihanna to go to rehab:

She’s pictured out drinking and partying on most nights, regardless of where in the world she is. But now new claims have emerged that Rihanna’s friends are so concerned about her welfare due to her ‘excessive partying’ that they are urging her to check into a rehab centre. According to reports, Rihanna’s manager and close friend Jay-Z has ordered the 24-year-old singer to seek help before it’s too late.

The claims about Rihanna’s wellbeing came as the singer was pictured stepping out in New York looking tired and dishevelled in possibly her most revealing outfit yet. Rihanna was pictured wearing a tiny pink lace bandeau bra with a pleated skirt as she headed out and about in Manhattan, covering up with a white cardigan over the top at points during the outing.

Rihanna has sparked concern among friends and family with her love of drinking and partying, with Jay-Z apparently even threatening to drop her from his label if she doesn’t get her life in order. Things went from bad to worse when Rihanna was forced to cancel a scheduled work trip to the UK last week, after allegedly missing her flight.

A source told Closer magazine: ‘Rihanna has been out of control for months. She was supposed to catch a flight back to the UK last week, but she ended up missing it, which was the final straw for management. Jay-Z hit the roof when he found out, and told Rihanna, “Go to rehab now or I’ll drop you from the label”. She’s not happy, but she now feels she has no choice.’

However, Rihanna denied claims that she had cancelled the UK trip due to illness, insisting she just needed to spend more time with her family, particularly her grandmother Dolly who is suffering from cancer.

Meanwhile, other reports have suggested that Rihanna is suffering from a personality disorder. A friend told Look magazine: ‘She’s reached breaking point. Ri says she’s physically and mentally exhausted and feeling lost. I think she desperately needs help and some time off – not just from work but from all the other stresses in her life too.’

The magazine claim that Rihanna’s symptoms, which include her regular updating of fans by sharing pictures and news on Twitter, are indicative that the singer is suffering from Narcisstic Personality Disorder – ‘a constant need for attention and admiration’.

Rihanna first sparked concerns about her health last month when she was hospitalised for exhaustion and dehydration.

The singer tweeted a picture from inside the hospital, showing her hooked up to an intravenous drip, yet weeks later she was seen out partying again.

[From The Mail]

Hm… I think it’s more likely that Rihanna is simply partying too hard and surrounding herself with yes-men who let her do whatever she wants. I don’t think she has a personality disorder, and I don’t think she’s “crazy” or she has some kind of intense psychological problem. She’s just a messed-up girl with too much money, too much access to drugs, and zero limitations. Do I think she’s really screwed up about men? Sure. Do I think she should stop tweeting all of her personal stuff? Sure. But all of that is not narcissistic personality disorder. It’s all part and parcel of being a screwed up young celebrity. Rihanna should take a break – from everything. No partying, no work, no Twitter, no dating. Just go somewhere and get some rest and get her head together. But no one ever listens to me.

Photos courtesy of Fame.

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  1. Paula says:

    Yes & Yes! What do u expect from a prostitute from Barbados!

    • Jil says:

      Not much. She is trash.

    • almond_joy says:

      How rude. And what does the fact that she’s from Barbados have to do with anything?

      • Sour worms says:

        That comment was more than likely referencing the rumor that Rihanna was a hooker in Barbados and that is really how Jay Z ‘discovered’ her. That guy who runs drunken step father claimed to have people who confirmed it to him.

      • MissWorld says:

        She definitely was not a hooker in Barbados, stop making up rubbish. She attended Queen’s College in Barbados and did pretty good.

    • AmZing says:

      ok lets say she was a hooker so what how many hookers hook for fun?

      what you use to be does not define you today. but im sure it’s fun belittling others to mask your own pain

      • moi aussi says:

        amen.

      • Sour worms says:

        Did I say it did? You need to bring it down a couple of notches and chill the f-k out. I was responding to the person above me explaining the first comment. No where did I say she was a hooker.

        Do you know the meaning of the word RUMOR?

    • corny says:

      Does she have to have a disorder? Can’t she just be young and foolish? OMG and don’t you need a personality first, she is yet to be formed, a mere bebe.

    • Alison says:

      Rihanna was made in America, not Barbados!

  2. laylajanelovesgossip says:

    She’s gotta drink too much and do drugs, afterall she CAN’T EAT!!! If I had to look the way these girls have to look, I’d be high and drunk too…lol

  3. Chatcat says:

    Headline answer(s)…rehab = would be a waste on her. NPO = her and 98% of every celebrity. Kaiser, can we have more challenging questions on the next thread? Thanks!

  4. paola says:

    Those claws really freak me out.

  5. Eve says:

    does she have narcissistic personality disorder?

    I think that goes without saying.

    • bns says:

      Her and everyone else in Hollywood. Those crazies.

      • Choupette says:

        +1

        She’s no different then the rest who buy into their own fame. She’s young, she’s beautiful, she has a gazillion dollars, she’s famous, and she can get whatever she wants. Except happiness. And people around you that you can actually trust. I’d like to say she’ll grow out of it, but Whitney Houston didn’t. So many others didn’t. But still, she is young and has a lot of years ahead of her. Maybe she and Lilo will wise up at the same time.

    • truth says:

      Doesn’t everyone who are on social networking sites? If you can’t go a day w/o Twitter or fb then you have the same condition. It’s an epidemic that no one talks about. Most ppl are self absorbed and most can’t even admit or see that. It takes a lot of work to be a third party to yourself or to wake up to the world around you and try to remain “sane”.

      • Tiffany says:

        GREAT point!
        I have “friends” that are constantly updating their pictures…and most of them are shots of themselves taken by themselves, pouting into the camera. I never change my picture because I feel ABSURD taking vanity pictures of myself. It feels so wrong.

    • truth says:

      Doesn’t everyone who are on social networking sites? If you can’t go a day w/o Twitter or fb then you have the same condition. It’s an epidemic that no one talks about.

  6. johnnybadboytapia says:

    i used to really love riri now i kinda just find her sad. I want to give her the speech the mom gave the british girl on that show girls.

  7. Amelia says:

    I knew someone with NPD and there’s a lot more to it than simple exibitionism. If that were the case then 99% of Hollywood would be in rehab. I’d say she’s an attention seeker more than anything. I can’t speak for Rihanna, but the person I knew was a vicious, vicious bully, couldn’t stand to be corrected, always had to be ‘right’, always had to be in control and was a vile manipulator.
    Rihanna doesn’t strike me as being a bully (I’m not a mental health expert so it may not apply to everyone) but I’d say she wants the world to revolve around her and is just a bit … well, dumb. Who’d walk around semi-naked?

    • Jay says:

      Seconded. NPD does not mean “desperate for attention”. It’s a psychological diagnosis and not interchangable with the casual use of the word “narcissist”. I too know someone with NPD and the symptoms are the same as you describe: control freak, vicious if challenged, etc. Even Kim K. and Lindsay Lohan aren’t NPD. Sociopaths maybe.

    • Nan209 says:

      Totally agree. NPDs are only slightly less scary than a sociopath. If was doing to slap a label on her kind of messed behavior I’d say BPD or histrionic but more likely bipolar. If I thought she needed a label. I think Kaiser is right she is a woman without limits and $hit for boundaries.

    • Lishka says:

      Gaga always walks around half naked! So it makes other dimwits like her think it’s ok to head out in your undies for a stroll. If I did it I would be arrested for indecent exposure! The fact Riri is clutching that jumper means she probably, somewhere deep down, knows she made a mistake wearing that! She wants male attention but didn’t bargain for the reality of grandma and babies gawking at her along with the paparazzi! She is just young and got daddy issues, makes most girls like her a bit daft in the head from promiscuity! She’ll cringe at these pics when she is 30 something! But she will also wistfully miss the body she did rock! 🙂

  8. barb says:

    Nope. Narcissistic personality disorder means she’s the one who treats other people like crap! An NPD’er would never date a guy like Chris Brown.

  9. Lisa says:

    lol armchair diagnosing.

  10. F5 says:

    so when lady gaga walks around in nothing but fishnets with pimples on her b^tt, that’s style.. but Rihanna should be committed. Q___Q

    • hateonit. says:

      NO. that is not style. its weird and creepy. but lady gaga has always been weird and creepy. riri is just starting to go downhill. ew ii didnt see the pimples on her butt. and now im just shuddering thinking about it….DISGUSTING!!!

  11. barb says:

    Classic NPD’ers are Madonna, Warren Beatty, Donald Trump…types that are very charming, very manipulative and very controlling. They reel you in, and then proceed to break your spirit every chance they get. I feel sorry for Guy Richie!~

    • the original bellaluna says:

      You forgot Blohan, who never does anything wrong and we’re all just jealous.

    • lucy2 says:

      I have to argue your Trump example – no one finds a screaming basketball wearing a dead badger on its head charming. 😀

    • Gossip PHD says:

      RFK Junior – whose wife just committed suicide – strikes me a classic case Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Textbook case.

      • bluhare says:

        Yep. Love how he’s trashing his wife now she’s dead.

      • Pandy says:

        Where does this come from re RFK? They had a sealed deposition from the divorce and a writer got access to it. Sealed means not for public consumption. And his wife did kill herself – obviously she did have some mental health issues? That’s not the act of someone in full possession of their faculties (unless they are terminally ill or something similar).

  12. LeeLoo says:

    When I think of celebrities who have narcissistic personality disorder I think of Lindsay Lohan, Courtney Love, Chris Brown or along that line.

    As for my uneducated armchair diagnosis: Rihanna most likely has some mental illness. That I have no doubt about. I would guess bipolar disorder. But I doubt she has NPD. She seems to have issues controlling herself or her behavior but it seems more in a mental illness and self medication sort of way. For example her outfit strikes me as someone in the midst of a manic episode where common sense has gone out the window.

    • Courtney says:

      I’d have to agree. I think she has some serious lows and then highs that are grandiose. She’s pretty entitled and thinks she’s hot s**t at times.

    • littlestar says:

      Spot on, LeeLoo. I totally agree. When I actually took a look at that pink outfit she was wearing, I thought that there was no way anyone in their right mind would go out wearing something like that, regardless or wanting attention from it or not. Hopefully she’ll get the help she needs, but it seems unlikely. We only haev to look at Lindsay Lohan to know that rarely happens (she’s our classic example of course ha).

  13. lower-case deb says:

    she looks like she was mugged and/or kidnapped an hour or so before this picture was taken.

    like someone demanded her to hand over all her clothes (because they’re very expensive) and expensive belongings, and leave her in her underthings (that skirt looks like one of those lacy modesty skirts my grandma use to wear to parties under her gown).

    so now, she’s managed to escape her kidnappers, and she’s stumbling through the city, with a borrowed hoodie (from a kind guy just jogging down the streets), a pair of borrowed sneakers (from a skatergirl who happens to have a spare in her bag), and a knock off bag (from a streetside illegal vendor) to keep what scant things she has left. the sunglasses she found in the bag, but the streetside vendor doesn’t seem to mind.

  14. Julie says:

    one of the things i really dont like nowadays is that people diagnose disorders or other things based on reading a wikipedia article.

    rihanna certainly has problems we all see them but its not only with her i read and see it everywhere. nowadays narcism and bi polar and whatnot are diagnosed by people who have no clue at all.

    and no real expert does a remote diagnosis.

    im just so sick of that and i dont feel well reading people who really think they know what they are talkign about when they remote diagnose some severe phychological disorder.

    • hmmmm says:

      Julie- Actually, I am looking at this picture of her and her nipples and come to the conclusion she is a narcissist ON MY OWN. I don’t need a Wikipedia to tell me this skank is a narcissist.

      All you need is a little common sense. I mean really, who posts pictures of themselves smoking pot and ISN’T a narcissist. She is no different than all the guys and girls with youtube vlogs. They love hearing themselves talk

      • lena80 says:

        But I think it takes a little “common sense” to realize that she is dealing with something mentally. Afterall, the whole world saw pics of her face demolished at the age of 19. I think that would mess someone up severely and her going on without seeking help the help she needs, she acts out as a front, and people that do not know any better perceive it as narcissm when it’s not. This is just my opionion though, I really think she is pitiful and needs counseling of some sort.

      • Erinn says:

        Being narcissistic and having narcissistic personality disorder are two different things, however. I think most people are a little narcissistic at times, though not to the level of someone with NPD.

      • hmmmm says:

        LENA- You see, I DO have common sense. The thing is, I don’t give her ANY pity like you are doing. I don’t feel bad for her one iota. You can make excuses for her all you want, but not me. I am just saying what most people think about her.

        @ERINN- That’s just it, I don’t think she has NPD. I think it’s clear what I said, she is a narcissist. Which to me is not excusable. At least NPD is a disorder, I’d understand that. But she is a COCK, NARCISSIST by choice. It’s pathetic how you females try your best to give her the benefit of the doubt.

      • lena80 says:

        @ hmmmmm,

        I’m not making excuses for her. I’m just not going to jump on the slut shaming, name calling bandwagon like everyone else. I can’t help but pity someone who goes at great lengths to out do a scandal they unwillingly participated in years ago. It seems pretty obvious to me that she’s trying to “one up” her abuse scandals and pictures by doing other controversial nonsense…and people are falling for it hook, line, and sinker.

    • crazycatlady says:

      And let me offer my two cents, Julie… First – I have a psychology degree. So I don’t go to Wikipedia for my psych info. Second – it requires no research to conclude that Rihanna is, at the very least, full of herself. If some want to label the behavior as narcissistic, well, it isn’t completely incorrect. The origin of her narcissistic behavior, however, may not be from her own psychological makeup. It could be the result of her celebrity; meaning, like so many other celebrities, she has fallen victim to believing the hype.

      Today’s Two-Bit Advice: Don’t believe the hype! Lest you wind up wandering around town showing off your privates in public.

  15. Crystal says:

    I love Rihanna posts on this site. All the slut-shamers come out to play.

    That outfit is not cute, the skirt is ugly. I think that top is from Urban Outfitters. It looks familiar. Anyway she can show her nipples if she wants. Her nipples. Her rules. People insulted her for wearing that other mesh top so she though she’d wear another one. She’s totally trolling with that outfit.

    She doesn’t need any damn help. She’s just a twenty something woman having fun. People need to put their fake medical degrees away and leave her the hell alone. I do agree that she needs to get off twitter though. That place is a cesspool and her tweets are annoying. Twitter makes even the best people look like assholes.

    (Here come the sexually repressed bitches to get on their moral high horses and complain about how trashy she is. I don’t even like Pon De Forehead but some of the hate she gets is silly)

    • mae says:

      Seriously! I agree that her outfit isn’t especially cute but I don’t get all of the slut shaming and pseudo-psychiatry!

    • jaye says:

      If I had her body, I’d probably wear bikinis to the grocery store. No slut shaming from me. lol

    • A says:

      The slut shaming is ridiculous. Her body is amazing, if she wants to run around naked more power to her. Russell Simmons wrote a pretty good defense of her and how sexist a lot of the criticism is. I’m kind of reverse on her. I like her and find her music dumb but catchy, but I also think she has a few issues (not narcissistic personality disorder though). Girl has shitty, shitty taste in men but it’s probably because her father is such a fucker.

      • Crystal says:

        I read that Russel simmons piece. I can’t stand him but he made some really good points. Of course they wouldn’t post it on this site though because it’s better to just have everyone slut shame her without actually thinking about why they feel that way about her. She’s a hot mess but that has nothing to do with her showing some nipple ffs.

    • Scarlet Vixen says:

      @Crystal: So anyone who feels like it can walk around with their nipples exposed in public cuz they’re “their nipples”? I’m sorry, but that’s ridiculous. There’s a sense of common decency expected in public, and nips and vag definitely fall outside that decency. It gets damn hot and humid where I live–is it ok to go shopping in a see-thru thong because it’s ‘my vag & ass so my rules?’ 24yrs old or not, hot body or not, slut or not–I couldn’t care less. But to say it’s ok to walk around with your private bits on display then accuse anyone who thinks it’s inappropriate of being sexually repressed is just…well, dumb. And for the record, I’m nowhere near ‘sexually repressed.’ I just think there’s a time and place for nips, and a public street isn’t one of them.

      • Crystal says:

        I don’t care if you think my opinion is dumb. Men have nipples too and if Brad Pitt came out of the house in a mesh shirt or even shirtless noone would complain about his nipples. If she had her vagina hanging out I would understand the outrage but they’re just bloody nipples. She’s not exactly naked.
        I’m sure it is hot where you live and if you want to walk around with you ass hanging out in a g-string I have no problem with that. As long as it’s legal and you don’t get yourself arrested it’s not my business. My body, my rules. Your body, your rules.

        Common decency to who?? How does it affect others if her nipples are showing?? My brother is a douche and thinks fat people are disgusting to look at. He’d probably use the ‘common decency’ argument too. Should fat people stay home because some people can’t handle looking at them?? No.
        If I want to show my nipples in a mesh top then the people who have a problem with that can walk around with their eyes closed. No biggie.

        If you’re not sexually repressed then good for you because my comment wasn’t aimed at you.

    • bns says:

      If Kim Kardashian or Lindsay Lohan were doing this would you feel the same way? And you should look up “indecent exposure”. People can’t go around showing off all of their body parts just because it belongs to them. There are just certain things you can’t do.

      • Crystal says:

        Yes, i would say the same thing about those girls.

        If wearing a mesh top is indecent exposure then arrest her or whatever but if not then she can wear whatever the hell she wants to wear. Don’t mistake me for a fan because I wouldn’t piss on her if she was on fire. I just don’t like all the ‘trashy’ comments that come with every rihanna post because she’s not like the Taylor Swifts of the world. I get the hate for her music, her lack of talent and sometimes her stank attitude. What I won’t tolerate is all the slut shaming because she decides she wants to be half naked and sign/talk about sex all the time. She’s a hot mess for sure but call her that instead of all the ‘trash’, ‘slut’ comments.

        As far as I’m concerned, like I said, as long as she doesn’t get arrested for it she can dress however the hell she wants to dress. Most people on here don’t give a damn about indecent exposure they just love a chance to call Rihanna trashy. Even if it was legal to walk around naked she’d still get called trashy let’s be real.

  16. lucy2 says:

    My guess is that she has a LOT of self-worth issues, and the partying is just another symptom of that. She probably does need some kind of help, but doesn’t seem interested in getting it.

    The constant photo tweeting reminds me of a girl I knew from school – she has 5 young kids, so you’d think she’d be super busy, but she seems to be on facebook constantly. Every day she posts as least 3 new photos, just her posing by herself. I’ve never seen someone so in love with taking their own photo, and then showing it to everyone. Weird.

    • jesstar says:

      Lol, I have one of those Facebook friends too! She’s always posting pics of herself all the time..posing around her house or what not. It’s like WTF? Who does that? Its sad & pathetic, but at the same time hella annoying. I mean I know she has kids at home that need taking care of 🙂

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  17. Nance says:

    She wears underwears in public, because she doesn’t want attention…

  18. Mara says:

    Money can buy her class she expose herself to much naked that is not a good look .

  19. aims says:

    I think she maybe depressed and she’s using, to self medicate. I think she has low self esteem, and she’s in meltdown mode. She’s not in a good place and needs to either get help, or take some time off and take care of herself.

    • lena80 says:

      You gave probably one of the few intelligent comments on this post! Thank you for it.

      I think people tend to foget that this is a young woman who was beat brutally by her boyfriend and THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS ABOUT IT, SAW THE PICTURES, AND READ THE REPORT. She lashes out the best way she knows how, and that is by attention seeking. Her clothes, her “attitude”, her recording music with the abusive ex, is nothing short of pitiful to me.

      This slut shaming, side arm, Dr. Drew pseudo intellectual, psycho analysis of her needs to stop. People need to put themselves in her shoes and try to imagine the WHOLE WORLD knowing you got your a** beat by someone you loved. She’s going to be mentally scared for the rest of her life and people will always ask her about it, link them together, etc.. She’s pitiful and needs serious help, but she has to want to get it and right now she’d rather present a “front” like she’s okay and tough.

      • DeltaJuliet says:

        Wow, not that I disagree with you, but that sure is a lot of sypathy you just expended on someone you don’t even know. Are you this understanding with everyone you come across? Because everyone has problems, you know. And some of them are a lot worse than this chick’s.

      • lena80 says:

        DeltaJuliet,

        The same can be asked of those who slut shame her, call her narcissistic, etc… It was just an opinion, I think she needs help and her attention whore seeking ways is an act.

    • aims says:

      I honestly think that at the level she’s at, she can easily find enablers. The fact is, she’s has had a lot going on in her life these past few years. Now anyone, who has had the extreme highs and lows as she has had would feel like a wreak. To say that someone can just walk out of an abusive relationship, pump out album after album, and not feel Chaotic would be foolish. Now I feel that she is self medicating in a harmful way. Acting out in one way or another. Do I condone it? No way. Do I think she needs to heal and work on herself, get well and strong? YES! I feel she has some very real issues she needs to deal with.

  20. Sara says:

    Yes and yes! What a hideous outfit! Get her away from all the yes people!

  21. Gene Parmesan says:

    She just needs to go away like u said. She’s had bout 6 or 7 albums in less than 5 years, with tours and all of that, she’s obviously feeling lost and exhausted for a reason. She has never just gone out of the public eye for a reprieve. I know the music industry is highly competitive and all but its essential for her sanity and well being.

  22. Jover says:

    Yes, and it follows the oldest adage around It does no good to know yourself if you know nothing else – lets face it, she’s a complete uneducated illiterate moron that is being used by the industry and is going along with it; If she had talent it would be tolerable but she’s talentless and boring.

  23. Jordan says:

    I could guess a lot of celebs that I think have NPD but Rihanna is not one of them. I do think she needs therapy but not necessarily rehab.

  24. nina says:

    Well, is she narcissistic or is she someone who from the age of 15 without parental supervision was a professional pop singer? All pop singers do is worry about their image and body and presentation, that’s not healthy crap to focus on in lieu of education with a stable family. She’s just from a broken home and got too much too fast on her looks. It’s a horrible lesson to learn at 15, that your beauty and sexuality are your sole worth.

  25. Skins says:

    I think she has Drunken Slut Disorder (DSD)

  26. Esther says:

    No I just think she has a lot of maturing and growing up do. Plus I don’t think she has dealt with any of her issues like Chris brown beating her or any other issues. I think that she adopts I don’t give a crap attitude because it’s better than facing her problems. I also think its her way of giving the middle finger to people because there are do many people telling her how she should feel and how she should do, she just decides to do the very opposite.

  27. A says:

    I do think she has some sort of mental illness or a substance abuse problem. I think she’s always had a problem with men, either wanting taken guys or dating horrible guys. Remember the rumors that she really wanted to get with JayZ, but he shot her down. There were some photos of her trying to grab his hand and drag him up on stage one time and he basically pushed her off him. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think JayZ is an angel, but I also don’t think he’s the type of guy to hook up with a girl who was at the time 18-19 and whom he had known since she was 16.

    • your momma says:

      um this is jay-z we are talking about-a man who wrapped about being a pimp. it wouldnt surprise me is he was the subject of the blind that was about a few weeks ago about a married mogul who had cheated on his wife with another singer and is covering it up!

  28. Courtney says:

    A little off topic but I saw a recent interview with her where she claimed to be a size 0. She’s tiny, but a 0?? Is this a kardashian syndrome type thing?

  29. Bri says:

    Personality disorders aren’t the same as CHEMICAL disorders (ie: Bipolar or depression) you can’t take a pill for it. It’s your PERSONALITY. In old school psychology it’s develops in the first 36 months of your life. There is no cure because there isn’t a way to start over or grow a new concious. So that’s a very serious thing for her “friends” or people to say about her.

    Everyone above me has said it already, we throw around the word narcissist a lot but it’s not the same as NPD, which is super serious. And Rihanna must/may have SOME kind of problem or mental illness. What it is I don’t know….some chemical issue and some emotional ones. Didn’t her dad abuse her Mom? And she was in beauty pageants before getting into music too.

    Here is some info on Narcissistic Personality Disorder too:
    http://daughtersofnarcissisticmothers.com/mothers-with-narcissistic-personality-disorder.html

    lightshouse.org/the-narcissistic-parent.html#axzz1wqAUbs00

    http://www.elle.com/Life-Love/Society-Career-Power/Mommies-Dearest
    -Very useful.

    A lot of these have to do with parents or parent/child dynamic because I was told one of my adult relatives could fit as NPD. But I think they are wrong (hopefully) and it’s not the case. Either way this is still useful in understanding the disorder and if Rihanna may fit it in anyway.

    She should def lay off the partying and I wish her fans wouldn’t enable her, because that’s what they do or what Twitter does for her.

  30. Jayna says:

    Spare me. If she has narcissistic personality disorder, then all popstars do, like Gaga and Madonna and — hmmm, wait a minute. This article may be on to something.

  31. skuddles says:

    I don’t know about NPD but she certainly appears to be suffering from drug and alcohol addiction.

  32. Eleonor says:

    I’m tired of people using mental problems names when someone is only stupid and trashy.

  33. atorontogal says:

    What I dislike is the term “slut”. Why can men have multiple affairs but a woman dates a few guys and she is a slut. What I also dislike is when people bash others on here for their OPINIONS! And my last dislike is the catch phrases…one person used the term slut-shaming then the next million posters use it as well…or that +1 or THIS!! Get creative, stop bashing on other posters and if you don’t like someones comment tfb it’s a GOSSIP BLOG!

    • Crystal says:

      Firstly no one is getting bashed for their opinions. It’s just debating and discussing. Who are the posters that are being bashed ???

      Secondly the term slut shaming has been around for a while and people can jump on the bandwagon and use it if they want to if tgry undestand what it means. No biggie. This isn’t an English class so we don’t have to be creative about a damn thing. If all someone has to contribute is ‘THIS’ or ‘+1’ then so be it.

      Lastly it’s a comment section. People are going to have opinions about other people’s opinions. If you don’t want your opinion to get judged then don’t post on a public forum. Keep it in your head. The celebs here are fair game and so are the comments.

      • atorontogal says:

        You certainly have an opinion on everything and you seem to always think it’s the right one. Maybe you have NPD. All I posted about were the things I don’t like…you kinda need to chill 🙂

  34. Elizabeth says:

    What is with the sudden influx of the media diagnosing people with personality disorders? PDs are not to be taken lightly.

  35. Axis2ClusterB says:

    Borderline, rather than narcissistic.

    • FeverDream says:

      AGREED! When I was reading I was already about to scroll down and comment Borderline!

  36. Shazza27 says:

    There’s nothing wrong with all these other celebrities ‘claiming’ to have all these personality disorders (exception being Britney Spears)-they just want to be able to eff up & then justify that afore mentioned effing by saying that they have a friggin personality disorder so that we the public excuse their bad behaviours! Wish I could do the same!

    • atorontogal says:

      I agree…Katherine Zeta Jones comes to mind!

    • Lulu says:

      No celeb that I know of has ‘claimed’ to have a personality disorder. And generally people with PDs don’t admit to them. You must getting PDs confused with chemical or hormonal issues, such as Depression or Bipolar disorder.

      But personality disorders are never outed and no one who has one would admit to it. At least not narcissists or Borderlines, etc.

  37. missanne says:

    i follow her on twitter and all she does is post pics of her smoking blunts and being at the club..what are all these drugs she’s doing?
    Im just curious, bc it seems a bunch of people here have personal inside info on rihannas life and I mustve missed that memo.
    She’s having fun, so what. She’s young and probably self medicating with weed after being chris browns punching bag. All these armchair therapists with personality disorders and rehab…gimme a break.

  38. annaloo. says:

    She has Idiot Personality Disorder and the voice of a lazy goat.

  39. Paula says:

    No talent ex prostitute that happened to get lucky!

  40. Melissa says:

    She always has that, “I’ll cut a bitch,” look on her face.

    Can’t stand her.

  41. bubbles says:

    C’mon y’all, she is a multimillion dollar industry. nobody wants her to go away. too many people profiting from her.
    and let’s just remember where JayZ came from crackdealer from the projects, 50 cent crack dealer, Tupac selfconfessed selfglorified thug. people can’t get enough of pimping and packing and ho’ing, Yo look at Gwyneth she knows what’s up N—as in Paris gettin their swag on… just sain’

  42. Snowflake says:

    I don’t think her outfit’s that bad. I’ve seen less on bigger women here in Florida. Should have worn a strapless bra though; would have eliminated nipple issues.

  43. Mew says:

    She seemed to forget to wear a shirt on her bra, but oh well.

    Yep, it’s not narcistic personality disorder. She’s just “lost”, which is quite usual for even young people who don’t have all the money and fame.

  44. erika says:

    I thought Bri’s response was insightful. I am thinking Riri does suffer from NPD, though in a less severe way. I had a girlfriend who we all swore showed a lot of NPD symptoms, she wasn’t out to murder her fashion archrival or anything but she fit all the symptoms… here they are listed.

    My diagnosis? You know when someone tries way too hard to be ‘something’ and constantly brags on and on and on and….on about it? either a vicious bully or a extraordinary sex-a-licious bombshell? I think these people try way too hard to convince others that they are this super, ‘heightened’ type, when in fact, the bully is a scared, brokenhearted, low self esteem wimp? and the sexy, sex romping bombshell feels so insecure about her looks and sexuality that she has to go out of her way to connvince people that she is the dish?

    that’s what I think of Rihanna, she constantly vocalizes what a Bad Ass she is! I’m no ROLE MODEL, F*ck that all you mother f*ckers! I’ll show you! gonna party my ass off in Brazil shaking my rump rump getting all drunk drunk drunk!

    she tries sooooooo hard to be this hard core bad ass bitch when….well…something is shattered inside…

  45. jilly says:

    She’s just an idiot. No need for such intense analysis. Idiots do stupid things. Rihanna is a stupid girl, period.

  46. crazycatlady says:

    Yes. And yes.

  47. annimal0 says:

    As is the definition of a personality disorder, she isn’t suffering from her narcissism, but the rest of us sure are!