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Originally Posted by Fish In The Water
I'd be interested to look into this. Personality disorders come in a lot of different varieties but from what I've seen they do share certain fundamental commonalities.
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This was the most interesting thing I found for laypeople online when I was looking for information in the past:
http://www.halcyon.com/jmashmun/npd/dsm-iv.html
This is also interesting
http://narcissisticpersonalitydisorder.org/
and it's the first time I've seen the term "Malignant Narcissism" in reference to "a type of personality that is overly concerned with it's
own point of view, and
reality." Interesting, that was one of mom's chief issues - she really did live in her own little world, one that revolved primarily around her, at least when it came to the people close to her. Everything we did, in her mind, was done either to please her or spite her. The idea that she might not have figured into our motivations at all never seemed to occur to her. It was just inconceivable that we actually wanted or needed or felt anything that didn't coincide with what she required us to want, need, and feel.