Psychopath and Narcissist Survivors Support Group

Thank you for sharing your knowledge on narcissism. It has helped me understand so much.

It has been well over a year since my last N-encounter. I still have a few nagging questions. Do you have any theories on these?

At age 49, and on or around our fifth e-mail, N attached copies of pen-and-ink drawings he had done at age 6. It didn’t appear to have anything to do with the topic of conversation at the time. Could this have been an example of what you call an EIPM?

I’ve read so much on narcissists spending extraordinary time interacting with others on their computers. The N that I knew didn’t want/like to e-mail or even correspond over the phone. He claimed it was because he “couldn’t read people” by these means. He eventually refused to communicate at all unless it was face-to-face contact. Have you ever heard of this type of behavior?

The majority of the interactions we had ended with N slipping helplessly into a paranoid state. He would describe horrible scenarios whereby I would stalk, harm, or kill him. Can a person who experiences these frightening thoughts and starts sputtering these ugly narratives be unaware that they are personality disordered? Sometimes I wonder if he was experiencing a loss of control or instead exercising control by projecting his scary stuff onto me. Maybe it was something else altogether. I just don’t know.

Any insight would be much appreciated. Thank you.

I would advise you not to diagnose and label people in the absence of the appropriate training and credentials. Doing so is a counter-productive and self-defeating behavior.

None of the behaviors you have described has anything to do with pathological narcissism.

You may, however, wish to learn more about other personality disorders (such as the schizoid, paranoid, and schizotypal).

Find additional articles about personality disorders here - click on the links:

http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/faqpd.html

http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/faq82.html

http://open-site.org/Health/Conditions_ ... rsonality/