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[–][deleted] 45 insightful - 1 fun45 insightful - 0 fun46 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

TRAs behave narcissistically. A lot.

Personality Disorders and Personality Profiles in a Sample of Transgender Individuals Requesting Gender-Affirming Treatments, 2020 (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health) - "Nearly 50% of participants showed at least one PD diagnosis, with no gender differences in prevalence."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7084367/

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[–]Archie 23 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 0 fun24 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Just to make it clearer, 50% of them had personality disorders, but it wasn't always narcissism. The details are in table 3.

Interestingly, 10% (5 out of 48) MtF were narcissistic, but 0% of the 43 FtM were.

[–][deleted] 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yes. Granted this was a small study (good luck getting another funded anytime soon -- the topic has been kryptonite), but I hope we will see more. Narcissism, Borderline, Antisocial, Histrionic can all have extreme self-focus (though Borderline is more about impulsiveness and self-harm). And a lot of emotional manipulation and symptom overlap. Some clinicians think bipolar can also express as narcissistic rage and easy agitation, rather than the classic mania we picture as one of the poles. We need more data on all of this.

PD behaviors are very common in TRA circles. IME TRAs aren't online to debate or exchange ideas, they're either online acting out their PD, or their enmeshment with a person with a PD.

ETA: Yeah, interesting about the MTF/FTM numbers with Narc. I'm surprised more FTM didn't end up with a Bordeline dx tbh.

[–]emissch 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

watch them attribute and justify the high rate of PDs to being a "coping strategy."

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, wouldn't be surprised.