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Originally Posted by eskielover
My opinion not founded on statistics but observation is that many people who claim to be abused by NPD people are actually dealing with narcissistic tendencies rather than a wholly diagnosed person.
The behaviors in my ex came across in some areas as being narcissistic..but researching farther what I realized actually were his behaviors have some areas that look very similar to the way a narcissist would react but the foundation of the behavior was totally different than NPD.
Many people only look at one possibility & stick that label on without actually researching farther.....& in reality everyone has some tendency at one time or another in their REACTIONS to respond in a narcissistic way especially when they feel the need to defend themself against something but in reality are as far from being NPD as night is from day.
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Oh, goodness. Now, Red was my first HORSE but Joker (sleek and black and MY gelding from 5yo-15) was my beloved. Oh, but the girls (pardon, dear, I have always fancied girls, women, the fairer sex) loved to go to the stables and we would ride the trails of power lines and the trails never ended, up and down slipping on wet grass and, luv, is the scent of horse dung not amongst the most memorable of all?
Now. NBP. I’m hesitant to even write ‘narcissistic tendencies,’ because of the psychiatric diagnostic implications AND my personal beliefs that the NPD’s are sociopaths (sociopathy only referred to once in current DSM). The stroke is too broad why not, Really Effing Selfish Basterds? The likelihood of being in a relationship with a real Theodore Bundy? No, not, not at all.
I’m lovin’ that RESEARCH. The needs of those lacking in a secure sense of self can mirror, I think, those of the ‘narcissist.’
Abandonment. I know that, in my last and final relationship, I fought the end with a myriad of reactions and that for a string of three-something months I displayed a (manic episode) personality that could have been called narcissistic. A frantic display to stay FINAL ABANDONMENT.
I’ll explore this further. Thanks...