Posted by baseball55 on January 18, 2014, at 20:35:25
In reply to Re: Narcissistic rage is not the same as NPD, posted by Phillipa on January 18, 2014, at 18:33:53
I don't think saying, we're al a little narcissistic is the same as saying, we're all a little bipolar. There's a big difference between Axis 1 and Axis 2 diagnoses. Axis 2 diagnoses are the so-called personality disorders. And if you read the criteria, most people have some, some people have a lot, some people are obviously not playing with a full deck, but don't really meet the criteria.
For example, I have never met a person who really meets the criteria for BPD. My sister-in-law meets some of the criteria, but not enough to qualify for a diagnosis. Yet she is absolutely not a normal or functional person.
Personalities are complex and unique. So we are all a little this, a little that. Some to the point of pathology, some to the point of creating problems in our dealings with others, some to the point of feeling uncertain and unhappy in our relationships. But often not meeting the criteria for a personality disorder at all.
Axis 1 criteria are different and entail physical symptoms and identifiable mood swings. Everyone has suffered from depression to some degree at some time or another, but not everyone meets the criteria for MDD, in which depression lasts for an extended period, interferes with normal functioning, adversely affects sleep, appetite, etc.
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