Its my opinion from my own experience.
I believe my mother was born NPD - without the ability to process empathy, wired differently (a problem with the Amygdala?)
Mother abandoned her first born baby, no reason she just had no interest in the child.
I now recognise this as 'maternal narcissism'

Mother did not bond or feel that rush of love most mothers feel. The child was just another object, and a tiresome one.

I considered that maybe mother lacked oxytocin the love/bonding hormone.
But then l read that curing psychopaths had been tried by giving them oxytocin.
It didn't work.
In the control group given oxytocin extra activity was seen in the Amygdala on brain scans.
In the psychopath group, no extra activity. Suggesting that it's not a lack of oxytocin but rather a lack of neuro reseptors, so there is no uptake of the 'love' drug.

That why I do not believe all narcs 'suffer' they don't. They just dont/can't care about anyone but themselves.

A person with narcissistic traits, learnt behaviour can maybe change. I know someone like that.
He struggles with relationships hes so bloody spiky. Can be so quick to snap. Told me everyone was wary of him at work and he had no idea why.

Underneath he's a decent guy though and he can listen.
He has modified his attitude and people do like him now.
He's real funny too.


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