Narcissistic personality pathology collapses into persecutory delusions under stress.
We know that. Let me toss some quotes at you that say exactly that. These quotes are from the Grand-High Kahuna of personality disorder pathology, Theodore Millon.
From Millon: “Under conditions of unrelieved adversity and failure, narcissists may decompensate into paranoid disorders.
“…decompensate into paranoid disorders…”
From Millon: “Owing to their excessive use of fantasy mechanisms, they are disposed to misinterpret events and to construct delusional beliefs.”
“…construct delusional beliefs…”
From Millon: “Unwilling to accept constraints on their independence and unable to accept the viewpoints of others, narcissists may isolate themselves from the corrective effects of shared thinking. Alone, they may ruminate and weave their beliefs into a network of fanciful and totally invalid suspicions.”
“…fanciful and totally invalid suspicions…”
From Millon: “Among narcissists, delusions often take form after a serious challenge or setback has upset their image of superiority and omnipotence.”
“…delusions often take form…”
From Millon: “They tend to exhibit compensatory grandiosity and jealousy delusions in which they reconstruct reality to match the image they are unable or unwilling to give up.”
“…reconstruct reality…”
From Millon: “Delusional systems may also develop as a result of having felt betrayed and humiliated. Here we may see the rapid unfolding of persecutory delusions and an arrogant grandiosity characterized by verbal attacks and bombast.”
“….rapid unfolding of persecutory delusions…”
We know that narcissistic pathology collapses into persecutory delusions under stress. We know that.
So? Is there a shared (induced) persecutory delusion created in the child by the pathogenic parenting of a narcissistic-borderline-dark personality parent?
Did you even look?
In all cases – all cases – of severe attachment pathology surrounding court-involved custody conflict, a proper risk assessment for child abuse needs to be conducted to the appropriate differential diagnosis for each parent.
Is there a shared (induced) persecutory delusion?
Is there a false (factitious) attachment pathology imposed on the child?
Is there Child Psychological Abuse (DSM-5 V995.51)?
Is there Spouse or Partner Abuse (DSM-5 V995.82) of the targetd parent by the allied parent using the child as the weapon?
Did you even look?
Craig Childress, Psy.D.
Clinical Psychologist, CA PSY 18857
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