I guess. I've never dealt with people like that, thank God!
Although sometimes girls act crazy when they really aren't. They just want attention and it's kinda sad for them to act like they are mentally sick when really they are narcissists. Are narcissists considered mentally ill? I'm curious.
Psychology isn't really a hard science.
Definitions, categories, and labels seem to change around all the time.
People also have conditions like "narcissism" to varying degrees.
Psychology just isn't a hard science.
You may be considered "mentally ill" today, and then that definition changes next year, and you're fine.
But of course, nothing has actually changed.
Narcissism is really just a "collection of behaviors that often clump together".
There certainly are "narcissistic" people... but these labels are just not very scientific, and they just aren't horribly specific and concrete.
So to answer your question, "Are narcissists considered mentally ill?",
I would have to say, it doesn't really matter what they are "considered" this week.
Labels and classifications change all the time... and it's kind of irrelevant.
If somebody acts manipulative or dangerous, then deal with them accordingly... and be careful.
: )