Are you very reactive to little insults? Or do you perceive danger when there is, in reality, none? An overinflated sense of selfimportance can lead to warped threat perception, where even in times of relative peace a person may have the feeling (and act accordingly): "danger, danger, someone's attacking me!"
We talked with Aaron Krasner about Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and the mental health field in general. He is a psychiatrist, and an expert on emerging personality disorders in adolescents, among (many) other things.