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Does anyone know how narcissism and borderline personality disorder (BPD) are related? If they are? If not, can a person have both?
I was searching on the Internet for narcissism and found several links to BPD. When I read those, I ended up confused, because BOTH BPD and narcissism sound like my H.
Can anyone shed light on this?
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[color:"blue"] I think there it is possible to have a lot of overlap with both of these illnesses.
If your husband is truly "clinical", he would probably have difficulty keeping a job. Many truly horrible people can have these traits and still be able to function at some level.
I've known bipolar individuals that had and did not have classic Narcissistic tendencies. My own husband had a lot of borderline tendencies that overlapped with Narcissistic tendencies. Essentially he was a very insecure, angry, self-centered person. I don't think that he was truly charming enough to be a true narcissist, but he certainly had me "walking on eggshells".
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Deja Vu,
Yes it is easy to confuse them since they have shared traits and dynamics. The simplest way is to remember that BPD's have a great penchant for self mutilation(cutting, alcoholism, drug addictions, inapropriate sexual partners, speeding in cars ...etc). The narcissist does not apparently share those self destructive traits.
An author easily internet accessible is Sam Vaknin. Do a Google search.
BTW seldom do any of these diagnoses exist without other co-morbidities like OC, Histrionic , Bipolar disorders
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