LuckyOtter shares an excellent guest post.
How Addiction Leads to Personality Disorders
By Sharon Torres
Personality disorders such as narcissism and sociopathy are often blamed upon the nature vs. nurture model. When people’s brains are wired to have these kinds of problems and it is coupled with childhood trauma, these are possible causes of having a psychological disorder.
However, there is another side of the story where personality disorders don’t just come from childhood trauma nor a natural brain wiring–it comes with the development of an addiction. I hope that my experience with being in a relationship with someone who is suffering from both addiction and a personality disorder will provide you with insight into how one caused the other and vice versa.
My story of narcissistic abuse
I was a naive girl in college back in my home country. I always dreamed of having a perfect relationship so I kept myself free from exclusively dating…
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