Published On Jul 6, 2023
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In the 1990s, I coined the phrase “narcissistic abuse” to describe a subtype of abusive behavior that was all-pervasive (across multiple areas of life) and involved a plethora of behaviors and manipulative or coercive techniques. Narcissistic abuse differed from all other types of abuse in its range, sophistication, duration, versatility, and express and premeditated intention to negate and vitiate the victim’s personal autonomy, agency, self-efficacy, and wellbeing.
Sadistic abuse (dark tetrad)
NARCISSISTIC
All-pervasive
Driven by phases of shared fantasy
Aims to negate the victim, convert her into the idealized internal object (coercive snapshotting)
Recovery via separation-individuation
PSYCHOPATHIC
Domain-specific and criminal
Driven by power and control
Aims to accomplish goals
Recovery via the legal system
BORDERLINE
Coercive (external regulation)
Driven by anxieties
Part of the repetition compulsion
Recovery by mirroring (rendering oneself unfit and unsafe to act as external regulator)
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