听不进话的。扭曲自私的离谱。
我说我血压危险，我必须吃处方药维持健康，我头痛，我生病了而医生给我开的有糖皮质激素，哮喘药。
试图唤醒他的同情心态。

但是他都强行解释为只是心态问题，是“自己心态不摆正”
然后跟举例说电视上“医生忘记通知病人其实有癌症，但心态好他就自己好了”
他可能听进去了，但是他的扭曲理解和认识，再通过过度的重复，可能我说的话最后不起任何效果了。

那我当时的做法是：对方的表达我都给他总结到他心态问题，过度强调“心态摆正什么就都好了”。
以及强调我需要办的正事(但似乎我需要加强这个，需要更加保持目的性，而不是对抗他的精神逻辑等问题而被带偏)

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narcissistic personality disorder

Definition:
a disorder characterized by an enduring pattern of grandiose beliefs and arrogant behavior together with an overwhelming need for admiration and a lack of empathy for (and even exploitation of) others

Medical codes:
ICD-9 code | 301.81
ICD-10 code | F60.81

Medical specialty:
psychiatry

U.S. patients with diagnosis in a given year:
 | male | female | all
fraction of US population | 1 in 94000 ≈ 0.0011% | 1 in 192000 ≈ 5.2×10^-4% | 1 in 133000 ≈ 7.5×10^-4%
number of US patients | 1910 people per year | 1290 people per year | 3190 people per year
average patient age | 53 years | 49 years | 51 years
diagnosis sample size | 5 visits | 5 visits | 10 visits
(estimates based on 131748 patient visits to healthcare providers from NAMCS and NHAMCS, weighted for USA demographics, 2006 to 2007)

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