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Does a narcissist dissociate?
DISSOCIATIVE GAPS AND CONFABULATION Narcissists and psychopaths dissociate (erase memories) a lot (are amnesiac) because their contact with the world and with others is via a fictitious construct: The False Self. Narcissists never experience reality directly but through a distorting lens darkly.
Do narcissists Confabulate?
Narcissists are deeply wounded psychically, which has caused them to develop over-compensatory coping strategies, such as the need for grandiosity and entitlement attitudes. Confabulation serves narcissists for these self-protective purposes, usually in order to protect them from living in the truth.
What is dissociation in people with borderline personality disorder?
This is a common occurrence for people with borderline personality disorder (BPD); in fact, around 75 percent to 80 percent experience dissociation in some form. Though it can be difficult to understand, in broad terms, dissociation represents a disconnect between your thoughts, emotions, behaviors, perceptions, memories, and identity.
Can borderline personality disorder be a match for narcissism?
Borderlines can be very manipulative themselves, but because their personality is less integrated and and the narcissist appears to have an integrated self (even though it’s a false one), they are no match for a narcissist.
What is the difference between narcissistic personality disorder and BPD?
People with NPD have a sense that they are entitled to the best of everything, and they do not have to follow the rules that other people do. People with BPD outwardly exhibit feelings of abandonment, woundedness, and vulnerability. People with NPD have a tendency to exploit others. People with BPD can have dissociation.
Why do Borderlines and Narcissists tend to be attracted to each other?
Therefore, borderlines and narcissists who were raised in abusive families tend to be attracted to people who unconsciously remind them of other members of their families, especially the parents.