Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board
Voicelessness and Emotional Survival => Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board => Topic started by: reallyME on June 06, 2006, 07:08:16 AM
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Hi
I was just wondering, if you want to share with me, who of us on this list, actually know clinically, that the N in their life has Narcissistic Personality Disorder? Whose parent was actually clinically diagnosed with this disorder? I realize N's are not likely to seek out a diagnosis on their own, nor will they stick with counseling the majority of times, but if your N-parent/friend, whatever, was actually diagnosed, I'm curious to know.
~Laura
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RM,
My xh attended weekly joint and individual therapy with my therapist (he was "our" therapist initially) for 6 weeks when he was pretending to try to save the marriage. My therapist diagnosed him as n (didn't actually use npd I don't think) and said he was one of the worst cases he had ever seen. I had never heard of the disorder or had any reason to suspect a pd. It did help to explain what happened, however. For awhile, I just thought I had entered the Twilight Zone.
Brigid
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Hi RM, My Psychiatrist diagnosed my father after years of my descriptions of behaviors and events that have happened in our family.
Moonlight
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Thank you for your replies.
My eldest daughter works at a mental health center and sees all sorts of problems there. She told me that NPD is commonly diagnosed as a 2nd diagnosis, along with a primary one. It is very rare to flat out see NPD be a primary diagnosis of anyone, according to her. Usually people are diagnosed with social anxiety/NPD, Avoidant/NPD, Antisocial/NPD...things like that.
I'd have to say that Jodi was BPD/Antisocial/NPD in my own guess, but I'm not a prof therapist either. All I know is she was tactless and often sadistic...like when her husband was going to spank her son, and Jodi said "oooooooooo can I HELP?" When Bill said, "no you can't help" Jodi said "Can I watch??" I remember the gleam in her eye at the thought of the excitement of seeing her son whipped with the belt. I will never forget it as long as I live...the cruel comments and tactless things she did and said to me and others. UGH
~RM
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Ai. The sadism of that gives me the horrors, RM. Her poor children. Belts never taught anything but how to hit.
I know when I woke up to some traits almost that bad in Ns in my own life, the hardest part was how sickened and frightened I felt at not having seen it before...I felt almost unhinged, as though I had no grip on reality.
This really is the underbelly of the beast.
Hops
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HI GUYS .But the belt has taught me never to use it .The belt has taught me true compassion .But I know in others treated the same way as I ,it turns them bitter I do not know why................................
Moon
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the belt has taught me how to keep my pants on...and that, I need a bigger one due to not taking good care of my health and body-fat context.
~Laura
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RM You are a riot !yes ,the belt is a usefull item that is lovely as well .I USE MINE to keep pants on and to add
that just right touch to my out fit of the day. :D
Moon