npdwithborderlinefeatures

Narcissistic Personality Disorder with Borderline Features

NOTE: The following is based on Ronningstam’s discussion of Narcissistic Personality Disorder in The Oxford Textbook of Psychopathology.¹

Like Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) with Antisocial Features, Narcissistic Personality Disorder with Borderline Features reflects severe superego and ego pathology.
These individuals are

Impulsive

Unable to delay gratification

Coordinate resources to gain a premeditated goal

Have low anxiety tolerance

Are prone to intense, uncontrolled rage

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¹Ronningstam, 1999