This answer that will immediately give them away 😱

One of the big joys of meeting new people is that we are all different. However, there are some personalities that could be tricky to handle—for example, those who are narcissistic. Now, a criminal psychologist reveals that you can tell who is and who isn’t by asking one simple question.

**What Is Narcissism?**

The Mayo Clinic describes narcissistic personality disorder as a “mental health condition in which people have an unreasonably high sense of their own importance.” A narcissistic person “needs and seeks too much attention and wants people to admire them.”

“People with this disorder may lack the ability to understand or care about the feelings of others. But behind this mask of extreme confidence, they are not sure of their self-worth and are easily upset by the slightest criticism,” it further reads.

**The One Question That Reveals It All**

Speaking to LADbible, 38-year-old psychologist Dr. Julia Shaw, who hosts the television series *Murder in Mind* on the True Crime Channel, stated that you can actually tell if a person is narcissistic by asking one simple question.

While psychologists have developed lists of 15 to 20 questions to identify narcissistic traits, Shaw explained there’s a “single item narcissism scale.”

**”Which is literally just the question: ‘Are you a narcissist?'”** she said, adding that it’s surprisingly “useful.”

“A narcissist would probably answer, ‘Yeah, but like, I am better than most people. It’s a realistic appraisal of myself,’ because that’s what narcissism is. It’s that overconfidence, thinking you’re great and thinking you’re better than you actually are.”

**Why It Works**

In 2014, a study from Ohio State University confirmed this approach. “People who are narcissists are almost proud of the fact,” said Brad Bushman, one of the study’s co-authors. “You can ask them directly because they don’t see narcissism as a negative quality—they believe they are superior to other people and are fine with saying that publicly.”

**The Bottom Line**

The fact that you can ask a narcissist directly doesn’t even have to offend them—they’re often proud to admit it.