Oh GOD, this was SO helpful! Especially the last post.
I swear it IS a continuum. You start off with cptsd and you slowly travel down to bpd and if you can't stop that, you end up with full blown npd and then it's really bad. This also explains why people with personality disorders get worse with age!
I know I have cptsd. I don't know how it would have being possible for me not to. I think by my early 20s I have mildly getting to the point of bpd, and I am very grateful to LIFE for having stopped that downward spiral. I don't even really care about whether I have a personality disorder. All I want to do is be the best person I can be and get as well as possible so that I can have meaningful relationships with my children and with my friends (who are lacking somewhat).
I swear it IS a continuum. You start off with cptsd and you slowly travel down to bpd and if you can't stop that, you end up with full blown npd and then it's really bad. This also explains why people with personality disorders get worse with age!
I know I have cptsd. I don't know how it would have being possible for me not to. I think by my early 20s I have mildly getting to the point of bpd, and I am very grateful to LIFE for having stopped that downward spiral. I don't even really care about whether I have a personality disorder. All I want to do is be the best person I can be and get as well as possible so that I can have meaningful relationships with my children and with my friends (who are lacking somewhat).