Narcissism is the pursuit of gratification from vanity or egotisticadmiration of one's own attributes. The term originated fromGreek mythology, where the young Narcissus fell in love with his own image reflected in a pool of water. Narcissism is a concept in psychoanalytic theory, which was popularly introduced inSigmund Freud's essay On Narcissism (1914). The American Psychiatric Association ha..