Read on Twitter
I cannot express my love for this thread enough; both because I& #39;m another one of those abnormal psychology nerds, and because Melanie (Definitely Not Emma) has done an incredible amount of homework. https://twitter.com/MelanieMoore/status/1297838992402968576">https://twitter.com/MelanieMo...
M& #39;s theory is soundly supported by the available data, such as it is; narcissistic personality disorder is likely to affect men more often than women in a large part due to how maladaptive behaviors are expressed in adolescence. Girls typically...1 https://twitter.com/MelanieMoore/status/1297839594235297792?s=20">https://twitter.com/MelanieMo...
develop inward focused (eating disorders, self-harm disorders, depression, anxiety) behaviors, whereas men exhibit more outwardly focused behaviors (explosiveness, anger, risk-taking). Additionally, studies of NPD show gender differences along Exploitativeness/Entitlement...2
and Leadership/Authority measurements which do correlate with pre-existing social power dynamics. X
The list of questions that follow basically boil down to one thing: Most people are not sufficiently equipped to deal with a narcissist. If they were, narcissists would not be able to do as much damage as they do. Treatment for narcissism...1 https://twitter.com/MelanieMoore/status/1297840232880934918?s=20">https://twitter.com/MelanieMo...
is by and large theoretical; there isn& #39;t enough empirical data to know what - if anything - works, and just about everything we& #39;ve tried, clinically, has produced, at best, anecdotal evidence. X
The remainder of this thread is an incredibly difficult thing to read, because we are talking about people we cannot help. Not right now, anyway. A person who has been diagnosed with NPD has reached a certain level of development that...1 https://twitter.com/MelanieMoore/status/1297843126090964992?s=20">https://twitter.com/MelanieMo...
will make effective treatment daunting, if not impossible. Understand that the mind of someone with NPD isn& #39;t just different metaphorically, but literally; there are portions of their brains that are anatomically different from our own. As M described, it is difficult to the...2
point of impossibility for most to develop the empathy and self-control necessary to avoid being destructive to themselves and those around them, and so harm prevention is probably our best option. However, part of that harm prevention *must also be* in how we raise...3
children, especially boys. Empathy *is* a skill. It *can* be trained. It is vital that we teach boys and young men that their feelings, and the feelings of others, are important. And in those individuals who have the misfortune of being born with some genetic predisposition...4
that hinders their empathic development, this is most crucial. There& #39;s a reason why formal diagnosis of emotional/behavioral disorders is not done until around 18/19 years of age, and that& #39;s because a young person& #39;s mind is still plastic enough that, with intervention...5
it may be possible to avoid a stigmatizing diagnosis. Especially one as stigmatizing as NPD. Make no mistake; the behaviors of someone with NPD can make it incredibly difficult (to the point of irony) to empathize with them, but they do not have an enviable life...6
The overwhelming majority of those who suffer (yes, that& #39;s the word) with NPD do *not* have great lives. They don& #39;t have meaningful relationships. They don& #39;t have good self-esteem...7
As M said, they are the eye of their own storm, but within that relative calm, they are still surrounded by nothing but the havoc and destruction they& #39;ve caused. X
