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4 years at a private college and over $100k says differently, but w/e
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I hate to break it to you, Will, but four years in college does not qualify you to be a licensed psychologist, psychiatrist or even vocational therapist in any state that I've lived in. Four years of "Pyschology" gives you a basic understanding of human behavior and cognitive science, but it does not make you an expert nor one qualified to make assessments of another person's mental health. There's a reason that such positions require LICENSES. If we left every four-year grad become a shrink, I'd be very scared.
Having an educational knowledge of the DSM and reading your display here, I could easily say that you were demonstrating precursors to Narcissistic Personality Disorder, particularly by criteria 1 and 5 in the DSM IV:
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1) has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
(2) is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
(3) believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
(4) requires excessive admiration
(5) has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
(6) is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
(7) lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
(8) is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
(9) shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes
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And yet, since neither of us have licenses to diagnose or treat either condition, neither of us has the right to malign another for our perception.