Are there any women who are diagnosed with BPD but strongly self suspecting a comorbidity of NPD?? How common is this?
I am incredibly vain, using my looks to my advantage (I am conventionally and classically beautiful). I typically go for partners that are average looking / a lot less attractive than I am so I can be idealised/ put on a pedestal, and gain leverage in the relationship. When I don't get that admiration from a partner, I become angry and often lose interest. I also have excessive fantasies about being extremely beautiful, the centre of attention and having the perfect, ideal love that everyone admires and craves. I do experience abandonment issues (mostly in romantic relationships) like typical Borderlines but a lot of these are due to a loss of control, and a bruised ego. When I am dumped, my thought process is "How could they not see my value enough to stay. They were so lucky to have me. They'll be back once they realise what they have lost and can't get better"
Could this be grandiose, somatic narcissism??
Posted Aug 12, 2026, 3:28 AM UTC