Personal Narrative: My Personal Identity Disorder

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Your paper was very interesting, I myself, have been in close proximity of a person that appeared to have this disorder. Our first encounter seemed that he was full of himself, he always talked about everything he had ( cars, clothes, and a mansion) and his employment in the military of 8 years ( his current age is 22). He explained a colossal of situations and incidents that he either partaken in or observed that lasted for over an hour; when asked about his co-workers, he replied, "no one was better to handle situations as I could." They lacked all skills and qualities to be as good as he was. He continued to constantly remind me of his last held ranking and his degree in Public Administration. He always replied, "you'll are going to refer

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