I have a family member who is highly suspected to have Borderline Personality Disorder/Narcissistic Personality Disorder. I'm looking for books to help me understand the chaos and respond with compassion and empathy rather than frustration and hurt. Not looking to armchair diagnose them, but rather to interact with this person in a more positive manner.
by Ok_Standard_4119
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Get Me Out of Here, Girl, Interrupted or Her
I don’t have a book for you, but a word of advice I once heard from a psychiatrist. Define what exactly the specific problem(s) is/are that you have with how the individual acts and work on that (or those) thing/s. He told me that thinking of people as whatever diagnosis is sometimes a way to just dismiss and discount the person rather than addressing the underlying issue within the relationship. He felt that it was more useful to look at what the relational issues were and work on those things with the person, rather than just calling them a narcissist and writing them off across the board because of that diagnosis. FWIW. Hope you find some helpful book recs on the issue!
Stop Walking on Eggshells by Randi Kreger