Are you a narcissist masquerading as a 'sensitive' introvert?

Are You a Covert Narcissist?

By this point, you're probably wondering if you're secretly a hypersensitive covert narcissist masquerading as a sensitive introvert. Without further ado, here are 23 items that will allow you to gain greater insight into your personality. In a recent study conducted on a group of 420 undergraduates, Jonathan Cheek and colleagues found that higher scorers on this "Maladaptive Covert Narcissism Scale" tended to also score higher on tests of entitlement, shame, and neuroticism, and tended to display lower levels of self esteem, extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. In contrast, maladaptive overt narcissism wasn't related to shame, self esteem, or neuroticism, even though overt narcissists reported feeling just as entitled as covert narcissists. It seems if you have to be a narcissist, it's better to be an overt narcissist than a covert narcissist!
So here's the test. Be honest with yourself!

Maladaptive Covert 

1.  can become entirely absorbed in thinking about my personal affairs, my health, my cares or my relations to others.
2. ___ My feelings are easily hurt by ridicule or the slighting remarks of others.
3. ___ When I enter a room I often become self-conscious and feel that the eyes of others are upon me.
4. ___ I dislike sharing the credit of an achievement with others.
5. ___ I feel that I have enough on my hand without worrying about other people's troubles.
6. ___ I feel that I am temperamentally different from most people.
7. ___ I often interpret the remarks of others in a personal way.
8. ___ I easily become wrapped up in my own interests and forget the existence of others.
9. ___ I dislike being with a group unless I know that I am appreciated by at least one of those present.
10. ___ I am secretly "put out" or annoyed when other people come to me with their troubles, asking me for their time and sympathy.
11. ___ I am jealous of good-looking people.
12. ___ I tend to feel humiliated when criticized.
13. ___ I wonder why other people aren't more appreciative of my good qualities.
14. ___ I tend to see other people as being either great or terrible.
15. ___ I sometimes have fantasies about being violent without knowing why.
16. ___ I am especially sensitive to success and failure.
17. ___ I have problems that nobody else seems to understand.
18. ___ I try to avoid rejection at all costs.
19. ___ My secret thoughts, feelings, and actions would horrify some of my friends.
20. ___ I tend to become involved in relationships in which I alternately adore and despise the other person.
21. ___ Even when I am in a group of friends, I often feel very alone and uneasy.
22. ___ I resent others who have what I lack.
23. ___ Defeat or disappointment usually shame or anger me, but I try not to show it.