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- Sep 20, 2016
And Borderline Personality Disorder? Not to mention C-PTSD, which is very often what Borderliners get diagnosed with before getting a full-blown BPD diagnosis? Well, no fucking shit.There's always something new when she writes her munchie laundry list.
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Arthritis, "mild" agoraphobia? No shit you have high blood pressure!
I have her pegged as a Narcissist because her self-image seems way too stable for BPD; she's not engaged in overt acts of self-harm; doesn't appear to have any sort of genuine suicidal ideation; and while she does engage in devaluation of others, she doesn't engage in the other extreme of idealizing them. She does have a high need for attention, which may stem from abandonment issues, but I don't see the kind of desperate people-pleasing behavior and sudden shifts in self-presentation that Borderliners (and Histrionics) tend to engage in.
She's got the raging sense of entitlement and exemption all Narcissists have. She places unrealistically high value on her abilities (thinking her art is good enough to sell, and that she could make a living at it). She uses the animals as sources of uncritical affection, as well as props for her inflated idea of herself as a "rescuer," and to manipulate others into sending her money by eliciting pity—interpersonal exploitation extends to pets, too, and we also saw it in her refusal to adopt her cousin's kids because she wouldn't get paid to do it. Josh is no sweetheart, but she's got him wrapped around her finger, and if he ever showed signs of gaining independence from her, she'd sabotage them; if Josh loses his current job, it's most likely to be due to prioritizing Polissa's excessive demands over his employer's. And, of course, she's always the victim, and she's never wrong—which is just straight-up NPD shit.
Deathfats and cat-eye frames, man. It's such a cliché by now.