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Originally Posted by jennykt
As I understand it, a pd is from birth, wiring awry from birth. Ptsd and cptsd are a psychiatric injury, not intrinsic to who we are.
My mother was finally diagnosed with a pd six years ago, in her 70s (and indeed sectioned because of how ill she had become). While I suspect she had experienced something traumatic in her childhood, there is a history of psychiatric illness in her family (I am adopted). With her,mit has been co-morbid with depression and anxiety.
As for narcisstic abuse: that is very much the story of my relationship with my mother.
I suspect anxiety is nearly always going to be a part of ptsd, due to the fear, terror, we have experienced.
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I appreciate your input.
I can only speak for myself.
I don't have a PD anymore, it was successfully treated, so in my case it is gone.
I also have read and heard that with treatment bpd for example can go into remission and the patient no longer meets diagnostic criteria.
Since mine was NOS it never met bpd criteria.
What I am saying is that trauma can alter the development of the personality.
I know I have read this numerous places. Unfortunately most of my psych books come from the library so I'd have to check them out again to reference them.
I have been learning a lot about how NPD develops, actually bpd too.
I'm going to start doing some volunteer work on this issue maybe then I will be able to present my ideas better to this community.
Thank you for reading and replying.
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