In the article “Healthy Narcissism vs Unhealthy Narcissism” we explained that when people behave in highly narcissistic ways it can be unhealthy, it is the same for those who have too low a level of narcissism. We all need a certain level of narcissism and self-preservation to stay alive and take care of our own …
RTL News When Right to Love and professionals say there is pathology in family courts, the pathology in question is attachment pathology. Such pathology often leads to unhealthy narcissism, severely maladaptive attachment styles and personality disorders. Parents and professionals in family courts will have varying degrees of narcissism, some will have too much and others …
“We have known for a long time that feelings of superiority and inferiority exist together. If one is on top, the other is underneath.” Lowen [1, pg. 20] The origins of NPD are believed to develop from abuse/lack of empathic parental care in the earliest years of life. BPD may also have it’s origins at this early …
Despite suffering from a greater narcissistic disturbance, the prognosis for successful treatment of a patient with BPD is better than that of a patient with NPD. Those with BPD are more likely to be referred for help based on their self-harming behaviour and thanks to their guilty feelings in periods of regret they are more …
The trauma sustained from sexual abuse is more likely to lead to a greater dissociation with reality as the child attempts to block out what has been done to them by someone they love and depend upon (if the abuser is a member of their family). As girls are more likely to be sexually abused …
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 …
