--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Since someone has brought up NPD here at FFL, I wanted to > > educate myself about what it's all about. Can be discuss > > this further without labeling anyone or pointing out examples > > in our forum posters? I started with this documentary found > > on youtube: > > > > http://youtu.be/SG4c97xXx84 > > > > I'm mainly interested in discussing whether a person with NPD > > can be cured or "normal" again, and whether a person with NPD > > can harm someone through writing, i.e. no physical or verbal > > contact. > > Good questions. I am far from authoritative on this or > any other psychological or psychiatric question, but I > can pass along what my friend the 40-year therapist told > me. NPD is so difficult to treat that many clinicians > just won't go near it; it is simply not a valuable use > of their time. They could spend months with an NPD patient > and see no change whatsoever, or they could schedule that > same time for patients who seem to benefit. The obvious > cost/benefit choice is to not get involved.
As an instant reaction, would your friend have said why someone with NPD would think to ask for help? Seems like someone with that sort of high opinion of themselves would be unlikely to seek help. You can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped, I would have thought? > From a little quick Googling: > > "There is no known cure for narcissistic personality > disorder, but psychotherapy (a type of counseling) might > help the person learn to relate to others in a more > positive and rewarding way. Psychotherapy tries to > provide the person with greater insight into his or > her problems and attitudes in the hope that this will > change behavior. The goal of therapy is to help the > person develop a better self-esteem and more realistic > expectations of others. Medicine might be used to > treat the distressing symptoms, such as behavioral > problems, that might occur with this disorder." > > This is a site with some interesting stuff about NPD: > > http://www.echo.me.uk/npd.htm > > As for whether someone can hurt someone else only through > their writing on the Internet, have you not been watching > the news and seeing the stories about teenagers and others > who have committed suicide as the result of cyberbullying?
