Domestic abuse and narcissism

@sarabi Not all domestic abusers have narcissistic personality disorder but they have narcissistic traits?

Narcissistic abuse is more of a broad term as domestic abuse only refers to intimate partners

@JosephtheEmpath i said traits. Usually they lack empathy. Lack of empathy is tightly connected with narcissism

@sarabi Would you say they are personality disordered?

@JosephtheEmpath I don't think you can say it like that. If you ask if they have a personality disorder, I don't know, I'm not a psychiatrist. You do tests for that.

I've witnessed DV and I can say the person is a coveted narcissist with history of abuse, and was also abused as a child. So, in this particular case, yes.

@sarabi I agree. But what i can say that Narcissism lies on a spectrum. All abusers have high levels of Narcissism, maybe not enough to qualify for the disorder but they do.

@sarabi i have inboxed you