[FRIAM] The root of personality disorders

[Frank Wimberly]

"What Frank says below is of type (1).  What Jochen (and others) have
talked about before (childhood experiences, etc.) is more like type (2)."

Type 2?  The authentic selfhood of the child is not authenticated by the
parent(s).  According to psycoanalyst Otto Kernberg:

"Presenting excessive self-absorption usually coinciding with a
superficially smooth and effective social adaptation, by with serious
distortions in their internal relationships with other people. They present
various combinations of intense ambitiousness, grandiose fantasies,
feelings of inferiority, overdepedence on external admiration and acclaim.
Along with feelings of boredom and emptiness, and continuous search for
gratification of strivings for brilliance, wealth, power and beauty, there
are serious deficiencies in their capacity to love and to be concerned
about others.  This lack of capacity for empathic understanding of others
often comes as a surprise considering their superficially appropriate
social adjustment."

As for a detailed elucidation of causes, you have to read a highly
technical book such as Kohut.


Frank Wimberly
Phone (505) 670-991
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