NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER AND NARCISSISTIC TRAITS: ORIGINS IN CHILDHOOD ATTACHMENT STYLES

LINK FREE CHECKLIST: DOES MY PARENT HAVE BORDERLINE OR NARCISSISTIC TRAITS? FREE COURSE: IDENTIFYING CHILDHOOD EMOTIONAL ABUSE AND NEGLECT https://drkimsage.thinkific.com/ What does the research say about the relationship between Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Attachment Theory? What do children of NPD parents report? What are the parental roots of NPD and Narcissistic traits as they might occur in childhood attachment? What do NPD parents and Attachment Styles have in common? This video explores the link between NPD and Attachment, and begins the conversation around what children of NPD parents report? More videos on NARCISSISTIC PARENTING to follow! BRAIN RESEARCH on NPD: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... https://www.livescience.com/37684-nar... https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases... EXAMPLES: Narcissism was significantly associated with activity in an a priori anatomically defined social pain network (anterior insula, dorsal anterior cingulate cortex and subgenual anterior cingulate cortex) during social exclusion. Results suggest hypersensitivity to exclusion in narcissists may be a function of hypersensitivity in brain systems associated with distress, and suggests a potential pathway that connects narcissism to negative consequences for longer-term physical and mental health—findings not apparent with self-report alone. Researchers used magnetic resonance imaging to scan the brains of 34 people, including 17 individuals who suffer from narcissistic personality disorder, and found that pathological narcissists have less gray matter in a part of the cerebral cortex called the left anterior insula. Gray matter is primarily composed of neuron cell bodies and non-neuron brain cells that provide nutrients and energy to neurons, rather than sending and receiving information. According to research, people with NPD have reduced gray matter volume in areas of the brain related to empathy and heightened activity during rest in brain regions associated with self-directed and self-absorbed thinking. www.drkimsage.com