Those with BPD love love – they are obsessed by it and will do anything to ensure they get it. To them it is a means of filling up their loneliness and lack of Self through another person rather than an expression of regard or caring for someone as an equal partner. While their need …
The best way to describe it is as an “emotional roller coaster” ride. Sufferers have much insecurity. They experience a variety of rapidly changing feelings but some emotions seem to be constant. “it is not uncommon for feelings to swing from thrilled, excited, and on top of the world to suicidally depressed in the space …
There are 3 main areas of concentration when looking at the causes of BPD: Biology Each of us is born with a temperament which in part determines how we react to life. Parents of multiple children can see differences between their offspring’s character traits at an early age. There has been an increase into scientific …
The European diagnostic criterion for BPD in the International Classification of Diseases is not clearly laid out in section 6D10 Personality disorder and 6D11.5 Borderline pattern but it offers a scale of mild, moderate and severe. Most Clinical Psychologists use the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – Fifth Edition (DSM-V). BPD is one of the Cluster B personality …
The outlook isn’t great. Often age and the degree of the narcissistic disturbance will determine the success of any possible treatment. Those on the lower end of the scale or those who are less resistant to change due to their youth usually benefit from psychotherapy (the most widely adopted treatment for NPD). They can learn …
“NARCISSISTS ARE PEOPLE WHO never learned to make it on their own. Except for their fantasies of perfection, envy of others who have what they lack, and unacknowledged fears of humiliation, they are empty on the inside. They have no real Self to bring to a relationship with another person, but they desperately need someone …
There are 2 main areas of concentration when looking at the root cause for NPD, these are Social Conditioning and Parenting. Social Conditioning The modern media (through film, magazines, newspapers, television programmes etc.) bombards us with information on how we should aspire to achieve bigger and greater things in a world where celebrity status is …
The simple answer is it’s whatever the Narcissist wants it to be. In essence whatever mask they can use to hide the insecure and damaged part of themselves to obtain the narcissistic supplies they need to support an inflated view of themselves. The more complex answer is that the false Self is a protection mechanism …
Sigmund Freud saw “primary narcissism” as an “auto-erotic” stage of self-love that babies go through in their first year of life. During this stage they are focused only on themselves and their own needs. “Secondary narcissism” follows this period where the child is not yet able to determine that the primary caregiver (usually the mother) …
What is the criterion for NPD? Not everyone who has narcissistic tendencies has NPD. It is not easy for an ordinary person to tell the difference between someone who has strong narcissistic traits and a person with full blown NPD. It is a condition that can only be diagnosed by a mental health professional and …
